Re: ADO with Oracle

From: <toffie_at_my-dejanews.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 15:23:35 GMT
Message-ID: <7757tj$68u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

In article <7702ug$ms2$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>, cGraham_at_p01.on09.honeywell.com wrote:
> What is the state of ADO with Oracle? Is there native ADO support for Oracle
> from Windows NT, or is the Oracle ADO support implemented only via ODBC ? If
> it's ODBC, what is Oracle's timeframe for native ADO support ? I went to
> www.oracle.com, searched for "ADO", and came away with the impression that
> there is no native support and that Oracle might be slow in providing it in
> order to better sell their own COM object which they say is better than ADO.
>

ADO is only an MS high level interface which is build upon the MS OLEDB spec. ADO can work with 'native' OLEDB providers or with ODBC drivers through the OLEDB/ODBC bridge. Oracle has nothing to do with the ADO spec but does supply an OLEDB provider on their website.

toffie.

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