From: Simon Stow <sstow@uk.oracle.com>
Subject: Re: Using VB as a front end to Oracle
Date: 1996/12/30
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Or generate it from Designer/2000, UI, database connections and data
integrity and all.

John Meyer wrote:
> 
> The fastest way is using the OCX for OCI, no maybe and guessware layers.
> 
> The OCX for OCI provides the VB (or OCX users/programmers) with direct
> "control" and "access" to the OCI programming API.  Full control, full
> speed.
> 
> Simply requires SQL*NET in user's workstations.
> 
> The OCX/OCI (comes with 32 and 16 bit OCX, VB4 samples, printed and online
> documentation) can be found at Sylvain Faust Inc. (SFI) at:
> http://www.sfi-software.com
> 
> For product specs, Check:
> http://www.sfi-software.com/prod_SQLSomOCXOCI.htm
> 
> To see what Oracle staff think of it:
> http://www.sfi-software.com/pr10.htm
> 
> To access the FULL online documentation in html interactive way:
> http://www.sfi-software.com/manuals/ocxoci1/sqlocxoc.html
> 
> Get and evaluation copy by following the download instructions at:
> http://www.sfi-software.com
> 
> John Meyer,
> Sylvain Faust Inc. (SFI)
> http://www.sfi-software.com
> Oracle World Alliance Parnter
> Tel: 819 778-5045
> ==========================================
> 
> richu <richu@spacelab.net> wrote in article
> <59o462$19o_002@news.spacelab.net>...
> > In article <32B87148.50B0@fl.logica.com>, mechang@fl.logica.com wrote:
> > >I need to investigate using VB as a front end GUI client to Oracle.
> > >What I would like to know is what is the best performance method of
> > >interfacing VB to Oracle.  VB allows the use of a data control, DAO (and
> > >JET), RDO or by using the ODBC API.  Because performance is an issue,
> > >ODBC seems the best bet.  However, is there a more direct approach to
> > >interfacing VB to Oracle than using ODBC?
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, using OCI...encapsulated by Oracle Objects for OLE.  This component
 
> > exists as an OLE server and should be the fastest method to access Oracle
 from
> > VB
> >
 
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