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Performance benchmarks for ODBC vs. Oracle, MySql, SQL Server .NET Providers

Submitted by Ben Hodson on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 14:35

I did a simple benchmark for the 3 main databases (Oracle 11g, MySQL 5.1, SQL Server 2008) to see how using ODBC compares to using their native providers in .NET for all database access. To keep things on an even playing field, all 3 databases were run on the same machine, with the exact same database name, table name, and schema. Database authenticaton was used by all databases.

Connecting to SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL with Database or Windows Authentication

Submitted by Ben Hodson on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 14:10

I’ve created a tool to help test different connection strings and settings for the various databases. The information out there on certain database connection types is poor at best so this was put together over a week long process of testing and reverse engineering. A lot of forums and blog posts were pieced together to figure all of this out.