Re: Oracle vs. Microsoft ODBC Driver

Hi again,
The newest Merant ( actually now DataDirect ) drivers ( at least the ones for Unix) are 'thin-client' types ( called wire protocol)
With these, no SqlNet or other Oracle client software is needed!

Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist_at_nosp.yahoo.com> wrote:

>ODBC's cause me more headache than I care to talk about, but the root cause
>of the problems are an old legacy app (poorly) written in MSAccess
>
>Having said that, I find that (sometimes) the Merant drivers work the best
>overall, once when I was having some problems with an Oracle driver Oracle
>told me that their drivers did not have all of the functionality of the
>Merant drivers.
>
>HTH
>
>>
>> As usual, 2 camps..I find that the MS stuff works best when using their
>> apps ( big surprise) and Oracle's is best for general ODBC/ADO/OLEDB stuff
>> not involving a MS Product front end ( like Access, Excel, Word, etc)
>>
>>
>> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Its a bit "suck it and see" but I'd go with the Oracle Corp one. It is
>>>(now) pretty stable and from memory supports more features of the database
>>>than the MS drver does.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Mike Dwyer" <bdtmike_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:fc2b473f.0208141614.2cee3db5_at_posting.google.com...
>>>> Newbie Question: My front end application is MS Access 2000.
>>>> Which is the better/most stable driver to use when accessing Oracle 9i
>>>data?
>>>
>>
>>
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