Re: Connecting with Visual Basic
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 17:35:22 GMT
Message-ID: <James.Lawrence.15.000C9750_at_epamail.epa.gov>
In article <388f37$o3g_at_dcsun4.us.oracle.com> mrichter_at_oracle.uucp (Mark Richter) writes:
>From: mrichter_at_oracle.uucp (Mark Richter)
>Subject: Re: Connecting with Visual Basic
>Date: 21 Oct 1994 13:18:31 GMT
>In article <386gr8$8ok_at_sun.cais.com> sarek_at_cais.cais.com (Scott T Johnson) writes:
>>I am working on a project which requires Visual Basic as a front end
>>to an Oracle database residing on an HP-UX Server. Can someone
>>give me the quick and dirty connection synopsis.
>>Do I need SQL*Net for Windows TCP/IP as a transport from the PC
>>Workstation to Oracle?
>Yes. You purchase this from Oracle.
>>Do I use ODBC drivers?
>You may. Or you may purchase a product called Oracle Glue from Oracle.
>>If so, where can I get them?
>ODBC driver is free of charge on CompuServe's Oracle User Group
>Forum (GO ORACLE). Or you may purchase them for a nominal charge,
>I think it's $50, directly from Oracle.
>>How do you precompile the Visual Basic.
>You don't.
>>I am C programmer/Oracle DBA and have never used Visual Basic.
>>
>>
>>Thanks for the time and information,
>>Scott
>>
>Mark D. Richter Oracle Corporation, Desktop Products Division
>Internet:mrichter_at_us.oracle.com CompuServe:70400,3514
There are known problems using VBs data manipulation calls (snapshots and dynasets). It will seem to work but you'll have problems down the road. Instead use a database library such as Oracle Glue or Q&E Database Library. Received on Wed Oct 26 1994 - 18:35:22 CET