Thick vs. Thin JDBC Driver

Hi!
I was just wondering where to find some info about
the advantages / disadvantages of the Thick and Thin JDBC drivers, please, and some bachground about those drivers (what is the differnence etc).
In particular I would like to know whether Thick drivers are errorprone and mix up the contents of threads. Is this so according to your experience?
I would also like to know which one is the recommended driver to use if speed is an issue...
We use Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 and Websphere Application Server 4.04
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
Steffen

Hi Steffen,
Check these links. I hope they provide you the information required.
http://st-doc.us.oracle.com/9.0/9202/java.920/a96654/overvw.htm#1000908
http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/factsht.htm
Regards,
Anupama

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