Can ODBC stage used for an Oracle stage?

LavanyaRamesh007 · Post by **LavanyaRamesh007** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:42 am

Can ODBC stage replace Oracle stage..? Oracle also used ODBC connection.. what s the difference between them?

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:03 am

Sure, you can use ODBC to connect to Oracle. Oracle itself does not use ODBC but rather leverages the Oracle client over sqlnet. ODBC can also leverage the same Oracle client or can use a wired driver so that the client is not required. Thick versus thin, in other words.