Re: Can I mutiltask in a Win98 Client while running SQL queries?

From: Darren Hussain <darren.hussain_at_ubs.com>
Date: 1999/11/02
Message-ID: <381EB978.E063F050_at_ubs.com>#1/1


Hi Joe,

I too, unfortunately, use an NT client and have never had problems running SQL queries. Even on 95 boxes there are no problems. I guess a new box or re-installation of your system may be another option.

Cheers,
Darren.

Joe Sugden wrote:
>
> I am not sure how heavy the strains could be on the network. We are pretty
> small, w/ uder 50 client machines in transistion from a peer-to-peer to a
> client server situation. Our Oracle server is a seperate dual Xeon 500 w/
> 1MB of cache and a gig of RAM and there are only two of us working with the
> oracle server in *any* way. I think the volume of requests it handles is
> moderate at best.
> MSOffice is probably is on our desktops the most while running queries.
> Excel is often used with a plug-in to download data via modem, but that has
> not been running everytime.
>
> Brian W. Chester wrote in message ...
> >I am running client software on NT, 98 and 95 with a mix of machines with
> >64MB or less of ram and PII 333 on average. We are not having the problem
> >you are describing. I would recommend you look at the network and or the
> >server. Is it possible that your server is overworked? Is your network
> >over utilized? What other types of software are you attempting to use? My
> >workstations concurrently run Lotus Notes, MSOffice and Wordperfect8 with
> >some machines adding in SAP and Peoplesoft. We have not had that problem!
> >
> >Brian
> >
Received on Tue Nov 02 1999 - 00:00:00 CET

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