Paul Thompson <[log in to unmask]> ponders thusly:

> Does anyone out there use ODBC on there HP? I am trying to get a grip on
how
> much of a drain it is on system resources such as CPU, etc.
>
> A couple of colleages have advised that it is a bit of a hog but so far I
> have found it is only using a very small amount of CPU (between 0.5& and
> 1.5%).

We have been using ODBC VB clients connecting to our HP3000 for about three
years now and there have been few problems, so long as you run the ODBC
server in the CS queue.  Oh, and the fact that the clients tend to time out
for any or no reason.  Plus the mysterious "ODBC call failed" error message.

Actually, we have few problems when running ODBC over the LAN where the
server is.  However, our remote sites running over a frame relay WAN are
another story.  The remote sites tend to have more of the mysterious error
message problems and  time-out issues; however, the ODBC server can become
unresponsive at times (overloaded?) to all users, local or remote.

> Any feedback would be warmly received!

I wish it was warm here today (30 degrees F and snowing!)

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
Email: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: 330-527-2124                         P. O. Box 285
Fax:   330-527-2123                           10513 Freedom Street
Web:   http://www.tolwire.com          Garrettsville, OH  44231

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