Re^3: Sybase DB Library vs Client Library API

Same as roboticus, really - the DBI syntax is a little simpler, and the API is (mostly) standardized, so your scripts can be easily maintained by someone else who doesn't necessarily understand the CTlib API.

And I'm more likely to fix things in DBD::Sybase these days...

Michael

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Re^4: Sybase DB Library vs Client Library API by perl@1983 (Sexton) on Aug 03, 2012 at 08:28 UTC
Thanks Michael. My team is working on migrating our scripts from DBlib (to either CTlib or DBD::Sybase). However, we are still discussing the pros and cons of CTlib vs DBD::Sybase. One of the things we noticed was the bcp in CTlib is much much faster as compared to the "Experimental Utility" in DBD::Sybase. Can you please help to clarify whether the "Experimental Bulk Load" utility in DBD::Sybase is doing inserts underlyingly and therefore slower? Thanks much.	[reply]
Re^5: Sybase DB Library vs Client Library API by mpeppler (Vicar) on Aug 22, 2012 at 06:12 UTC
Hi, No, DBD::Sybase uses the same BLK API as Sybase::CTlib, so it should theoretically be as fast (though to be honest I haven't timed them.) Michael	[reply]