Re: ODBC

Mark Sigler (msigler@informix.com) wrote: : } : } : } Sure ODBC is just a spec. : } But I do think performance should be affected, even if just a little, when a : } third party write the driver for a proprietary API. Actually, wouldn't it help : } everyone, if the various database vendor implements their connectivity tool : } based on the ODBC spec, then we wouldn't be here arguing whether ODBC is slow : } and what causes it to be slow! : } : } Of course, that is wishful thinking, and bad for business, at least for all the : } ODBC vendors out there. : } : } : } =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : } Calvin Ng email: <calvinng@brel.com.sg> : } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- : } [DISCLAIMER] Read at your own risks. The author is not liable for any : } consequences directly or indirectly involved with reading this mail. : } This mail MAY NOT be interpreted as those of my employer's. : } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- : } This mail is sent with the help of Chameleon TCP/IP for Windows. : } =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : } : } : } : Good point, unfortunately or maybe not Informix is the ONLY database : company to embrace the strategy of standardizeing on ODBC connectivity : rather than introduce proprietary API's. Not true. MIMER uses ODBC as it's *only* connectivity mechanism. Informix still maintains it's proprietary mexhanism. -- graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.