Re: Best ODBC for Informix 7.20.UC2

fbouquet@cornut.fr (Frederic Bouquet) wrote: :cms@sprynet.com (Jeff Stevens) wrote: : :: I am going to integrate a voice response system with an ::Informix database and the data access app will run on Windows NT ::workstation Who has the fastest ODBC driver for simple queries with ::this configuration? : :The best way is certainly to avoid ODBC, instead use a native interface. As I understand it only the application is going to run on the Windows NT workstation. The database is on some other machine. My experience in this case is that high quality server based ODBC drivers are better than the native interfaces available (I-Net/I-Connect for Informix using Informix CLI or ESQL/C for access). What is your reason for stating that he should avoid ODBC? A blanket statement like this ought to be backed up with something. :--->> On our site a SHAREWARE SQL Query Tool <<------- :--->> & a middleware much faster than SQL*Net <<------- :Frederic BOUQUET Client/Server & SQL RDBMS :email: fbouquet@cornut.fr http://www.cornut.fr/ Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org