Re: ODBC drivers

Posted in 1998

Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Platform-Specific Issues

Ted Haasl-Martinez — 18 Mar 1998 18:40:38 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Paula Ramsay (pramsay@admin4.hsc.uth.tmc.edu) wrote: : I'm looking for advice on the best ODBC drivers to use with my Informix : data warehouse. Informix recommended Intersolv, but we've had some : problems using it (duplicate data, etc...). Can anyone recommend some : that we can demo? : Thanks, : Paula Ramsay Choosing an ODBC vendor/solution is a project in itself and definitely there is no 'One size fits all': We were using an HP product HP SOLID ODBC, exclusively, but are now migrating our customers/developers to Openlink, with both hp-ux odbc servers running simultaneously. We found some client issues with Intersolv(ease of setup, configuration,etc.), that Openlink didn't have(at least in my case:-). And Openlink handles all new MS DSN file definitions with ease. Some of the my peeves about Openlink: Server side logging is minimal; While it's not a life/death issue, I really appreciate the details from our HP SOLID ODBC calls that are logged, and that means Everything. Good luck! -- Ted Haasl-Martinez CIM-Engineering Hewlett Packard (VCD) tedm@vcd.hp.com