Michael,

You are correct in saying that there is much mis-information and
innuendo relating to ODBC and your response to the various common
criticisms of it was both informative and interesting; I'm sure many in
the group will have benefited from your knowledge.


In article <[log in to unmask]>, Michael L Gueterman
<[log in to unmask]> writes

>Chris,
>
>  I'm still very much a newbie when it comes to 'all things java',
>so its nice to see your detailed posting.  I'm not knocking J2EE
>by any means, I think it has a bright future.  My original intent
>though was to dispel the rumors that ODBC is a dead horse.  It too
>has developed from humble beginnings where people would never have
>considered it for anything beyond "playing" with your corporate
>data to a perfectly acceptable mechanism today.  Many of the
>limitations you listed are true, but others may be dependent
>upon the vendor, or may not be seen as a limitation at all.
>
 <snip The rest of a very interesting reading on ODBC>

It was always my intention in this thread to promote J2EE as an
enterprise scalable platform-neutral migration infrastructure for HP3000
users, not to denigrate ODBC as a viable technology in its own right.

Regards

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