Re: ODBC performance on Unix?

From: Aubrey Soper <asoper_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: 1999/11/19
Message-ID: <3834E356.CAF2D24B_at_bigfoot.com>#1/1


hello

Sybase has an SDK for ASA6 on Sun and a variety of other systems for $99, so it shouldn't be too difficult for you to try it on your target machine. Look up the name Ken North for odbc performance information---I can't remember the url of his web page.

regards
aubrey

Alex Ratner wrote:

> Hi,
> I am porting a C++ application using ODBC and MS Access database
> from Windows NT to Unix (Sun Solaris 2.6). The database on Unix will
> be, most probably, Oracle or Sybase.
> I am pondering what way of database access to choose: ODBC driver for
> Unix
> or Oracle/Sybase native interface or, maybe, something else?
> Using ODBC allows me to keep the same source code, but then the
> performance,
> apparently, will be worse.
> The question is: how much worse is the ODBC performance on Unix vs.
> other options?
> Is the effort to change database access code worth the gains?
> Does anybody has relevant experience?
>
> May be, someone has also pointers to information about relevant
> benchmarks?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated,
> --
> Alex Ratner
Received on Fri Nov 19 1999 - 00:00:00 CET

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