>Previous versions of the MS JDBC driver were licensed from DataDirect, but >it's my understanding that the current one is not based on any DataDirect >code. As for stability, I've seen results all over the place, with the >DataDirect driver sometimes being more stable than the new MS one, >sometimes being less stable.
Dave, I don't know what MS JDBC driver version you are taking about. If it's SP3, then I'm afraid you're wrong. Just look at their changelog (it's somewhere in the bundle or on their site) and at the packaging. The difference between successive versions of the MS driver is 10 to 20 (minor) bugfixes. As about packaging, the DataDirect comes in three jars -- base, util and sqlserver -- and the Microsoft one comes in the same three jars -- msbase, msutil and mssqlserver. Also, the difference between the DataDirect and the MS Driver and DataSource class names is com.datadirect.whatever as opposed to com.microsoft.whatever. Ask the people at DataDirect why their driver is better than the MS one and they'll indicate that the MS driver is based on an old and unstable 2.x version of their driver. And I think 20 bugfixes every two years are not going to help stability too much. As a comparison, jTDS usually has about 10-30 bug fixes every new release, which is montly; and this only includes bugs that make it into SourceForge, a lot are discovered and fixed by developers. >I've heard a few people say good things about jTDS, but I don't have any >experience with it myself. I'll have to check it out. I'm obviously not going to tell you it's the best (that's relative, anyway) but you should definitely try it out. Alin, The jTDS Project. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:196713 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
