Robert,

This was *not* really a legitimate test of speed (of processing) for those products.

regards,
Jim N.

>Actually, from the client's perspective, I didn't see any difference in
>accessing Oracle vs. Sybase or MS SQL. I installed all 3 on my NT at home
>and create an identical set of tables (an address book, but don't laugh, it
>was just for testing :). After incorporating an option-driven
>(radio-buttons) selection of the database platform and choosing the
>corresponding connection handle I found out that after the first hit there
>was NO difference in speed either (did I mention that the code itself was
>the same for all 3?)