>I almost exclusively use the MS ODBC for Oracle. The only time I use the Oracle driver is when I need to call a stored procedure in Oracle. The MS driver will not work for this type of SQL command.

Hi Mark,

Not that I want to argue, but have you seen this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q244/6/61.ASP&NoWebContent=1

I like the speed I was getting with the MS ODBC.

Are you saying it's best to use both within 1 executable depending on your needs?

TIA
Mike