best provider for connection to SQL ?

Hi ,
any one can suggest me wich is the best provider connection I can use
for my program to connect to an MSSQL 2000, currently I use the
"Microsoft ADO OLEDB for SQL" .
Thanks,
Paolol
OLEDB will give you more functionality than ODBC so that's a
good choice. You want to look at the latest (or at least one
of the later ones) version of MDAC to have more stability.
-Sue
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:18:00 +0200, paolol
<paolol@._nospamma_salsan.net> wrote:

>Hi ,
>any one can suggest me wich is the best provider connection I can use
>for my program to connect to an MSSQL 2000, currently I use the
>"Microsoft ADO OLEDB for SQL" .
>Thanks,
>Paolol

best provider for connection to SQL ?

Hi ,
any one can suggest me wich is the best provider connection I can use
for my program to connect to an MSSQL 2000, currently I use the
"Microsoft ADO OLEDB for SQL" .
Thanks,
PaololOLEDB will give you more functionality than ODBC so that's a
good choice. You want to look at the latest (or at least one
of the later ones) version of MDAC to have more stability.
-Sue
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:18:00 +0200, paolol
<paolol@._nospamma_salsan.net> wrote:

>Hi ,
>any one can suggest me wich is the best provider connection I can use
>for my program to connect to an MSSQL 2000, currently I use the
>"Microsoft ADO OLEDB for SQL" .
>Thanks,
>Paololsql

Best Practices/Provider connecting to an Oracle Database?

Are there generalized best practices with regards to which method/provider to use when accessing an Oracle database? I have used both the "Native OLE DB\Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle" and the "Native OLE DB\Oracle Provider for OLE DB" and both seem to have their own quirks (requirement to convert to Unicode, etc) but I also have heard that I shouldn't be using an "OLE DB" source at all, but to set it up as an ADO .Net connection.

We are just beginning to implement SSIS, and are trying to establish Best Practices/Standards etc.

Are there any gotchas - performance and/or otherwise I should know about?

Thanks in advance!

I'm assuming you've looked at the SSIS Connectivity whitepaper at http://ssis.wik.is/File:Connectivity_White_Paper/Connectivity_and_SQL_Server_Integration_Services_forum_post.doc (Oracle connectivity section).

We have plans to benchmark connectors in the future, when we might be able to share best practices and performance stats.

Best Oracle source provider?

Hello,
I am using a massive Oracle db in SSIS and am trying to figure out the best way to increase performance in moving data from this db to sql server. As far as Oracle sources, which seem to have the best performance?
Thanks,
AdrianWhat did you mean by the 'Oracle sources'? We tried using OLEDB for oracle and the performance is really poor.|||I've had that experience as well with OLEDB. What I meant by sources is either the .NET OracleClient, Microsoft OLEDB provider for Oracle, or Oracle provider for OLEDB. I believe these are the only 3 options to connect to Oracle. I can't even use the Oracle provider for OLEDB without numerous errors, and have found that the other 2 are quite slow as well. So I was just wondering what other people's experiences were, and if they found 1 to be superior over another. And maybe some input from the SSIS developers as to what their suggestions are.
Thanks,
Adrian|||The OLEDB providers for Oracle that are currently available aren't terribly fast. Have you considered replicating (a subset of) your data to SQL Server from Oracle before (or at the beginning of) your package execution? This topic in BOL is probably where to start: ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/rpldata9/html/2e013259-0022-4897-a08d-5f8deb880fa8.htm|||Hello,

We have built a super fast connector for Oracle for SSIS. We have been able to achieve about 30 times performance improvements over the OLEDB Oracle provider. E.g 1 million rows, we loaded in about 2:20 mins. Let me know if you are interested in beta bits.

Regards
Sidharth
http://www.persistentsys.com
siddossy@.hotmail.com

Best Oracle source provider?

Hello,
I am using a massive Oracle db in SSIS and am trying to figure out the best way to increase performance in moving data from this db to sql server. As far as Oracle sources, which seem to have the best performance?
Thanks,
Adrian
What did you mean by the 'Oracle sources'? We tried using OLEDB for oracle and the performance is really poor.|||I've had that experience as well with OLEDB. What I meant by sources is either the .NET OracleClient, Microsoft OLEDB provider for Oracle, or Oracle provider for OLEDB. I believe these are the only 3 options to connect to Oracle. I can't even use the Oracle provider for OLEDB without numerous errors, and have found that the other 2 are quite slow as well. So I was just wondering what other people's experiences were, and if they found 1 to be superior over another. And maybe some input from the SSIS developers as to what their suggestions are.
Thanks,
Adrian
|||The OLEDB providers for Oracle that are currently available aren't terribly fast. Have you considered replicating (a subset of) your data to SQL Server from Oracle before (or at the beginning of) your package execution? This topic in BOL is probably where to start: ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/rpldata9/html/2e013259-0022-4897-a08d-5f8deb880fa8.htm|||Hello,

We have built a super fast connector for Oracle for SSIS. We have been able to achieve about 30 times performance improvements over the OLEDB Oracle provider. E.g 1 million rows, we loaded in about 2:20 mins. Let me know if you are interested in beta bits.

Regards
Sidharth
http://www.persistentsys.com
siddossy@.hotmail.com