Re: VB5.0---->Oracle7

In article <5ko6q8$4pv$1_at_ocoee.iac.net>, Mark Wagoner <mwagoner_at_iac.net> wrote:
>Jay Ramadorai <jayr_at_softwarebuilders.com> wrote:
>
>>Anyone out there connecting from VB5.0 to Oracle7 on a remote server?
>>What are the tools needed to do this? VB5.0 seems to have a lot of
>>buzzwords like RDO, ODBCDirect,JET, DAO, etc. What are the pro's and
>>con's of these various options? Any non-ODBC solutions?
 

>>Also, anyone out there using VB5.0 ActiveX "VBD"s over the internet? Can
>>these ActiveX things connect to databases over the internet?
 

>>Any tidbits, however seemingly irrelevant, are welcome.
>>Thanks
>>Jay Ramadorai
>>jayr_at_softwarebuilders.com
>
>Your best option is to use Oracle's Oracle Objects for OLE. It will give
>you the most capability and speed, plus there is no ODBC hassels. All the
>others are just ODBC interfaces, except JET which uses and Access table as
>sort-of cache for a corresponding Oracle table. Avoid this at all costs.
>--
>Mark Wagoner
>mwagoner_at_medplus.com (work)
>mwagoner_at_iac.net (life)
>

Before going for OO4O, you better find out if Oracle would support it at all in the future. A while ago, I posted a message asking if anyone really purchased OO4O. I got ZERO responses. If there is no marcket, it is going to die soon.

zhou Received on Wed May 07 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT