Re: Finding a JDBC driver for Informix

Posted in 1997

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Stored Procedures & SPL, Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Platform-Specific Issues, Java & JDBC Development

Julie Ross — Fri, 01 Aug 1997 09:53:48 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Charles J. Bangert wrote: > > I need a JDBC driver that is pretty fast for Informix Online 7.12 on > Solaris. It would be nice if it was easy to install also. > > Does anybody have any good/bad experiences with any of them or heard > things? Also what are "types" as associated with these drivers? > We tried Openlink but couldn't do nested SQL statements. Then we switched to SCO's SQL Retriever. I don't have any feel for whether it's fast. We've found some bugs and they were at first very responsive and they fixed them but lately they've been very sluggish at responding and it has me concerned. Since you mention speed, one of the service requests I'm still waiting to hear about from SCO is that stored procedures are very slow. I think part of the problem is a bug that I expect will improve it but I'm not sure by how much. As far as installation goes, I'm told it's very simple. Julie Ross Widget Workshop Cary, NC julia@widget.com