Re: VB/OO4O ACCESS to ORACLE DB

From: Keith Majkut <kmajkut_at_netcom.com>
Date: 1996/05/17
Message-ID: <kmajkutDrKo00.Avs_at_netcom.com>#1/1


In article <richu.10.003C934D_at_interaccess.com>, <richu_at_interaccess.com> wrote:
>HI, I have just started on the path to use of VB as a GUI to ORACLE server...
>I need someone to validate my findings or invalidate...so far it seem for
>ORACLE access the fastest methods ( and there seems to be many from VB)
>in order is:
> SQL Sombrero (product using OCI calls bypassing ODBC)
> Oracle Objects for OLE (using VBX/OCI as thin layer over ODBC)
OO4O does not use ODBC at all. OO4O is based on the Oracle Call Interface (OCI). OO4O was modeled after DAO. RDO is recent and also modeled after DAO.

> Remote Database Objects (kinda like OO4O..thin layer over ODBC)
> Data Access Objects (Jet DB links to Oracle..but kinda not feasible for
> larger server-backend DBS)
> Data Control (SLOW as HELL thru ODBC)
>
>Am I correct?...I guess what I'm looking for is a good method to access ORACLE
>and I'm not sure between the top 3...since RDO is newer w/ VB4...is it better
>than the OLDER OO4O??? Or is OO4O still faster for ORACLE???
OO4O has also been updated as a 32bit version. Check out www.oracle.com.

>
>I really dont want to do SQL SOmbrero if I dont have to...
>
>Thanx in advance....
Received on Fri May 17 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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