Bug in Oracle ODBC

Hi,
I tried to use ADODB.Command to call a stored procedure in a Oracle 9i.
when I try a procedure with many parameters and the name I put lower case letters in property CommandText (eg com.commandtext = "Insert_Person")
the web server (IIS) hangs and only a reboot solves.
Flavio

Hi,
I just found out what my problem was.
Oracle ODBC driver 8.1.6.3 does not support
positioned updates. For that you must use
the cursor library. When I did my test
in Windows95, I had a resource problem; the
cursor library could not be loaded. The
Oracle ODBC driver 8.1.6.3 probably uses
more resources than older versions !!
-- Andre W.
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