Re: Forms 4.5 or VB
Date: 1996/05/28
Message-ID: <richu.38.001CA0A0_at_interaccess.com>#1/1
In article <31AB1438.7F12_at_tapestry.com> Jason Wells <jason.wells_at_tapestry.com>
writes:>> With Designer/2000 i can genarate forms in forms 4.5 and in VB,
witch is>> faster to access the oracle database ?
>>
>> Help me.. Philippe.
>The Forms 4.5 forms will access the database faster than VB because Forms can use native
>drivers, while VB must use ODBC. However, Forms is itself somewhat huge and slow. So you
>might actually get more responsiveness from a small VB application than Forms.
>--
>Jason Wells Tapestry Computing, Inc. Voice: 314.344.0066
>Senior Software Developer Email:jason.wells_at_tapestry.com Fax: 314.344.0990
Not entirely TRUE. FORMS 4.5 uses native drivers but the DES2K VB generators spit out VB code using ORACLE OBJECTS 4 OLE as its interface to ORACLE which uses OCI(oracle call interface..low level)...this means much of the time, DES2k VB esp run off VB3 will be faster than the more hoggish FORMS4.5. Also, resource considerations need to be looked at..VB3 req only 4 MEG where FORMS 4.5 req 8 meg..so use generated VB w/OO4O when your client is at a crunch for resources and still wants speed
Richu Received on Tue May 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST