From: Stefan Schmiedl Date: 2005-09-22T04:46:39+09:00 Subject: Re: MySQL, Ruby, DBI connetc problem...help please On 21 Sep 2005 11:49:50 -0700, Charles Roper wrote: > > One question: what are the disadvantages of using ODBC over a native > driver? Is it just a performance issue? > You might also encounter some limitations of the ODBC driver in use. There can be features available in the DB server SQL implementation, which the "generic" ODBC driver simply does/will/can not offer. s.