Re: ODBC ? DAO ? OleDB ? OCI ? ADO ?

Hi,

always, the vendors API are the most efficient way of accesing a database (ORACLE, Sybase, etc).
Plese note that all the ohters are layers written having the lower level the API functions. See the anathomy oth any ODBC driver for ORACLE as a sample.

Christian Bruno wrote:

> be ready for a general discussion :
>
> hello all,
>
> i would like to know your opinion on Database APIs
> there are a lot of APIs available to access Relational Database Management
> Systems, and i dont know what to choose !!
>
> i tried ODBC, but i cant write an odbc driver-independent code for multi
> user network applications. i tried DAO, and i found that best performance is
> achieved on Access Databases, i had a look to OleDB...too much complex code
> to write and maintain (im lazy :-)
>
> is C-ISAM the solution ? tell me what you think, or what you choose please
> !!
>
> Regards,
> Christian
>
> you can reply to my email, but remove ANTISPAM
> ANTISPAMbrunoc_at_ifrance.com
Received on Thu Sep 16 1999 - 13:54:46 CDT