Programming information about this benchmark software is available
by reading "Performance Testing ODBC and Native SQL APIs" by Ken North, 
Dr. Dobb's Sourcebook of Database Programming, December/January. To order
call 415-655-4100 x5701 or order by FAX with a credit card by calling
415-358-9749. Contact Dr. Dobb's at http://www.ddj.com.


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* Copyright (c) 1995, Ken North. You may use this software for your own
* performance testing but you may not lease, sell it or otherwise 
* distribute it. You cannot publish any portion in print or any
* electronic media.
*
* Ken North assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or damages 
* caused by the use of these programs or from use of the information 
* contained herein.
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******************* Directories in APIBENCH.ZIP ************************

There is a ZIP file in each of the sub-directories listed below. Each 
ZIP file contains the contents of the sub-directory. Use PKUNZIP or a
similar program that understands the ZIP archive format. UNZIP into
separate directories because some file names are use in more 
than one directory.

APIBENCH
BENCHMRK
BIN
CONFIG
INCLUDE
INF5
ODBC2
ORACLE7
SYBASE
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To run the benchmark software you must:

1. install and define ODBC data sources (examples in \APIBENCH\CONFIG)
2. use BENCHMRK.INI to specify drivers, number of rows and other information
3. have the appropriate entries in the data source's section of ODBC.INI
4. have the appropriate DLLs for network libraries, client software and ODBC drivers --
These items are available from your SQL DBMS vendor. They are proprietary and not
included with this benchmark kit. 

Please DO NOT send e-mail asking how to get software, drivers or other components from SQL 
DBMS vendors. There is a long list of ODBC driver vendor contacts in Appendix D
 of _Windows Multi-DBMS Programming_ (ISBN 0471-01676-4, John Wiley & Sons). Call
1-800-225-5945 or send e-mail to compbks@jwiley.com. 

For more imformation contact the vendor's sales office, try the CompuServe forums
(GO ORACLE, GO SYBASE, GO INTERSOLV, GO OPENLINK, GO WINEXT for ODBC), or try the 
vendor's Web sites:

http://www.oracle.com
http://www.informix.com
http://www.sybase.com
http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.intersolv.com
http://www.openlink.com.uk
http://www.visigenic.com

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