No, the thin driver can be used by an Applet, in which case it may need to
be downloaded by a browser, but it is not an applet itself. It is a 100%
Java, Oracle Driver that interacts with the Oracle Database using their
internal transport protocol. The Oracle OCI driver communicates using the
exact same protocol, but the data must be transferred between the Java VM
and the native OCI drivers which takes time that the thin drivers don't
require. It has the same firewall limitations that the OCI drivers have,
and the Oracle JDBC drivers 8.1.6 (downloadable from their web site) do
support Java2 (but not yet the full JDBC 2.0 spec).
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: Hogan, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: JRun/jsdk question
> Hello Chris,
>
> I'm a tad puzzled here. What I'm hearing is that the thin driver is
> actually an applet that gets downloaded to each client and then
communicates
> directly with oracle through sockets. If this is true, not only would the
> thin driver be much slower, it would also be unsuitable for web apps that
> have their databases behind a firewall. Also, if your using Oracle 8.1.5,
> you're tied into using jdk1.1.8 becuase oci8 drivers for jdk1.2 are not
> available yet. This is all proving true in testing, conversations with
> Oracle tech support and Oracle's online documentation. Seems there's a
> disconnect somewhere
>
> JohnH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Pratt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: JRun/jsdk question
>
>
> They are faster, easier, and recommended by Oracle.
> (*Chris*)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Randy Belknap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 9:18 AM
> Subject: Re: JRun/jsdk question
>
>
> > John,
> >
> > Do you have a reference for this? I thought the thin drivers were as
> > fast if not faster than the type 2 drivers.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Randy
> >
> > "Hogan, John" wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, but isn't this only true for the thin driver? The thin driver
will
> > > have much slower performance and isn't well suited for large web site
> use
> > >
> > > JohnH
> >
> >
>
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