In fact,you do need type4 driver if you wanna your apps run on any platform.when using odbc,you are restricted in windows, if you insist in doing so,you need something else,just check this:
www.jetools.com and that's a type3 driver
and, I suggest you to learn more about the jdbc driver types,I 'm sure you'll choose type4 driver.
[This message has been edited by zou xiao fei (edited November 29, 2001).]