Re: Q: ODBC vs GLUE ?
Date: 1995/10/26
Message-ID: <46o0hs$jld_at_life.ai.mit.edu>#1/1
In article <46iv3d$cj7_at_bytor.lerc.nasa.gov>, gapinski_at_lerc.nasa.gov (Gary Gapinski) writes:
|> In article <46is7d$o41_at_madeline.ins.cwru.edu>,
|> Pok Yong Chee <dz930_at_cleveland.Freenet.Edu> wrote:
|> >
|> >Hi,
|> >
|> >I am just getting more and more confused in this db world of networking.
|> >As I understand it, ODBC allows one to access different db using the same
|> >program. GLUE is an Oracle product designed specifically for an Oracle
|> >db.
|> I recommend neither (although ODBC might be used indirectly by some
|> other tool, such as Microsoft Access).
|>
|> Regards,
|> Gary
|> Gary Gapinski email: gapinski_at_lerc.nasa.gov
|> NASA Lewis Research Center voice: +1 216 433 5251
I'm surprised at the conclusion -- why isn't ODBC the preferred approach
if portability to other databases is a consideration?
Received on Thu Oct 26 1995 - 00:00:00 CET