Re: using microsoft odbc vs oracle odbc

[Quoted] Do any or both handle connection pooling?

Willy

[Quoted] "Justin Cave" <jocave_at_yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:233b7a65.0108030941.39bb3694_at_posting.google.com...
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> > What is the advantage of using the oracle odbc driver versus the
 microsoft odbc
> > driver?
>
> Most commonly, the advantage is in the feature set that's supported.
> The Oracle driver has support for the BLOB and CLOB data types, while
> the Microsoft driver doesn't. The Oracle driver also generally
> returns more complete catalog information than does the Microsoft
> driver.
>
> Some folks prefer one driver over the other because of differences in
> the way they handle certain situations. The ODBC spec contains a
> number of instances where behavior is not specified or where driver
> implementers are given a set of options for how to handle a situation.
>
> Justin Cave
Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 19:12:55 CEST