Re: ODBC Vs. Native connectivity Drivers

chaminda@jcdcrs4.jobcorps.org wrote: :I need some information on the difference between using odbc drivers and :native connectivity drivers. A lot of people have been arguing for some :time that :odbc drivers are slower than native drivers. But I'd like to know actual :the reasons, if this is the case ?!! It was a long long time ago that this was the case. Before anyone had understood how to write ODBC drivers properly. Now you will quite often find the oposite is true. ODBC drivers are often faster than direct (or native) drivers. It's quite incredible to me that there are still people arround who are trying to tell anyone that ODBC isn't fast. The world is strange. Check out the white paper on ODBC at http://www.openlinksw.com/docs/product.html to find out all (or most) of what you may want to know about ODBC. :I would appreciate it, if some one could give some good answers to this :question. 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