Re: ODBC performance on Unix?

From: Dan Kegel <dank_at_alumni.caltech.edu>
Date: 1999/11/19
Message-ID: <38359E8B.C9077F54_at_alumni.caltech.edu>#1/1


http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ken_North/API_test.htm but his data is three years old, I think.

Aubrey Soper wrote:
> Sybase has an SDK for ASA6 on Sun and a variety of other systems for $99,
> so it shouldn't be too difficult for you to try it on your target
> machine. Look up the name Ken North for odbc performance information---I
> can't remember the url of his web page.
>
> Alex Ratner wrote:
> > I am porting a C++ application using ODBC and MS Access database
> > from Windows NT to Unix (Sun Solaris 2.6). The database on Unix will
> > be, most probably, Oracle or Sybase.
> > I am pondering what way of database access to choose: ODBC driver for
> > Unix or Oracle/Sybase native interface or, maybe, something else?
> > Using ODBC allows me to keep the same source code, but then the
> > performance, apparently, will be worse.
> > The question is: how much worse is the ODBC performance on Unix vs.
> > other options?
> > Is the effort to change database access code worth the gains?
> > Does anybody has relevant experience?
 

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