Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!textspool1.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: java study books Message-ID: <7-CdnfUB0czMBV_VnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@comcast.com> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.databases Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.databases In-Reply-To: <48c0f508$0$2511$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk> References: <48c0f508$0$2511$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 37 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:22:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303917752 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:22:32 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:22:32 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.databases:235 To: comp.lang.java.databases RedGrittyBrick wrote: > > Arne Vajh|+j wrote: >> Lew wrote: >>> On Sep 3, 5:59 pm, Arne Vajh|+j wrote: >>>> Lew wrote: >>>>> On Sep 1, 9:56 am, bujji wrote: >>>>>> Why oracle Type 4 driver is named as oracle thin >>>>> Because Oracle wants us to realize that it uses less resources than >>>>> their other drivers. >>>> I don't think the "thin" is about resources - it is about what need to >>>> be installed locally. The thin driver does not require the Oracle >>>> client >>>> software to be installed. Just the jar file and actually not even that >>>> because it can be downloaded by a classloader. >>> >>> I see that client software as the resource not needed by the thin >>> driver. >> >> Ah. I read "uses less resources" as "uses less CPU and/or RAM" not as >> "uses less other software". >> > > I did too, since the distinction between "fewer" and "less" then > becaomes relevant. If there is more software running, then more CPU and RAM is needed. Ergo, removing the extra driver means that the JDBC layer uses less resources. Q.E.D. -- Lew --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24