Re: Oracle7 ODBC problems

From: Keith Majkut <kmajkut_at_netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 16:47:59 GMT
Message-ID: <kmajkutD166nz.2o3_at_netcom.com>


In article <3csq5j$oka_at_newsbf01.news.aol.com>, KPGraham <kpgraham_at_aol.com> wrote:
>I am using VB and Oracle 6 with ODBC - It's sometimes
>slow but it works. I recently installed Oracle 7 ODBC
>drivers and my applications consistantly crash within
>minutes, usually seconds. Windows locks up. Other
>applications that use the Oracle 7 drivers (not ODBC)
>have no problems.

If you are saying that you are using the Oracle7 ODBC driver to talk to an Oracle6 database, then I don't think that's supported. You should use the Oracle6 ODBC driver that MS ships...
>
>Is this a known reaction to the new ODBC drivers?
>
>I understand that ODBC drivers are a little intense
>but not impossible to write. Has anyone written an
>alternative to the Oracle or Microsoft stuff?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
> Keith P. Graham
> KPGraham_at_AOL.COM
>
Received on Wed Dec 21 1994 - 17:47:59 CET

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