Steve Haslam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > I am confused on which DBD to choose, though. Should I use DBD::ODBC or > > DBD::Oracle? I can set up ODBC DSNs on each computer without much problem > > so both are equally convenient. But is there any other reason or criteria > > I can use to make this choice, perhaps based on performance or stability? > > The way I've heard it is: always always use the native Oracle libraries as > much as possible, avoid using ODBC for Oracle. So stick with dbi:Oracle:*.
So just to be clear, Steve is advocating using DBD::Oracle. It's been quite a while since I've used Oracle, but when I did I used DBD::Oracle and never had any problems with it. I can't speak for DBD::ODBC since I've never used that. -- Hardy Merrill Senior Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc.
