Re: VB -> ORACLE on UNIX

From: Thomas T. Barney <tbarney_at_chinook.halcyon.com>
Date: 21 Sep 1994 03:36:17 GMT
Message-ID: <35o9nh$6gv_at_news.halcyon.com>


Lawrence James (James.Lawrence_at_epamail.epa.gov) wrote:

: VB user's should beware, it looks like MS makes some assumptions about ODBC
: drivers and Oracle's doesn't work well with VB, flaky behavior, works great
: with everyone else's products. MS says no plans for them to produce an
: Oracle version 7 ODBC driver. We had to use Oracle glue to get VB/Oracle to
: work well. Have also had good experience with Q&E stuff but they have a per
: seat runtime since changing ownership.
 

: Lawrence James
: Martin Marietta
: James-Lawrence_at_epamail.epa.gov

I just read today that MS is going totally away from ODBC to OLE2. Oracle is supporting this also. This was in recent editions of PC Week and INFO World.

I get the date and edition data and post it here. Received on Wed Sep 21 1994 - 05:36:17 CEST

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