FWIW, we've been using Oracle's thin drivers for 8.0.4 for over a year
with no problems at all. This is on Solaris, not that it should matter.
I think a blanket statement that the drivers suck is a bit over the top;
maybe for a particular application or style of usage it's true, but not
in
general.
Rod McChesney, Korobra
Heinz Wehner wrote:
>
> Geoff,
>
> since we are currently in the process of deciding which JDBC driver should
> be used for accessing an Oracle8i database, I'd like to ask you for some
> more details regarding the non-conformance of Oracle's drivers. Can you
> please elaborate? We'd like to check if these problems are really that
> serious for us as they must have been for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Heinz Wehner
> (Karlsruhe, Germany)
>
> > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> >
> > Actually, both of Oracle's drivers _suck_. I'd suggest using a quality
> > payware third party driver like Merant or Weblogic if you want a stable
> > driver!
> >
> > We've had to do all sorts of evil workarounds to get the Oracle driver to
> > work. And then when you try and report bugs you have to contend with
> Oracle
> > claiming their driver is JDBC compliant when even Sun agree it's not...
> > They bring new meaning to the word "support".. :-)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Geoff
>
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