Re: ODBCExpress & ODBC Problems!!!

Hi Kevin,

OpenLink Software will be releasing a preview edition of OpenLink Lite 2.0, this version of our Drivers contains support for Bi Directional Scrollable Cursors for Oracle. Visit : http://www.openlinksw.com (release date Friday the 7th).

Yes, we handle Positioned Updates, Deletes etc.

You can also obtain free ODBC support by simply posting any issues on our support forum: news://news.openlink.co.uk

As usual our unrivalled ODBC Driver performance is guaranteed !

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Kingsley Idehen
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OpenLink Software
http://www.openlinksw.com
Universal Database Connectivity Technology Providers

K. Wade Turner <turnerk_at_dimensional.com> wrote in article
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> I am evaluating ODBCExpress(both 16 and 32-bit) for use in our in-house


> products.  I have been developing with Delphi 1.x and 2.x for 6 months

> now and have run into some problems with Borland's BDE, namely speed.  I

> have some people who will need connections at speeds close to dial-in.

> 

> Our environment consists of an Oracle 7.2 server on our NetWare 4.1

> server.  We have both 16 and 32-bit clients but for the rest of this

> discussion I have been testing with the 32-bit version in Delphi 2.0.  I

> have been testing with the following ODBC drivers:

>     Oracle v1.15.0301

>     INTERSOLV v2.12.0000

>     Visigenic v2.00.0800

>     OpenLink v1.50.1120

> 

> The Oracle and OpenLink drivers can connect to the database but don't

> seem to contain enough Level 2 compatability to work.  The Visigenic

> driver works but is VERY slow.  The INTERSOLV driver is the one I am

> most interested in but have run into another problem.  I have compiled

> your ODBCGRID example and with the INTERSOLV driver I get the following

> error while populating the grid:

> 

>     [INTERSOLV][ODBC Oracle Driver]In SQLExtendedFetch, only

>     SQL_FETCH_NEXT is supported for SQL_SCROLL_FORWARD_ONLY cursors.

> 

> I have tried every combination of values for the ExtendedFetch,

> CursorType, and ConcurrencyType values but nothing seems to work.  Do

> you have any suggestions?

> 

> As I said, I am evaluating this software for use in a large scale

> project, but if I can't solve this problem soon I will need to look

> elsewhere.  Please let me know of any help/hints you can.

> 

> Thanks,

> 

> K. Wade Turner

> Email: turnerk_at_dimensional.com

>