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Part 2: The 32-Bit/64-Bit Drivers : The Oracle Wire Protocol Driver : Connection Option Descriptions : Wire Protocol Mode
  
Wire Protocol Mode
Attribute
WireProtocolMode (WPM)
Description
Specifies whether the driver optimizes network traffic to the Oracle server.
Valid Values
1 | 2
Behavior
If set to 1, the driver operates in normal wire protocol mode without optimizing network traffic.
If set to 2, the driver optimizes network traffic to the Oracle server for result sets that contain repeating data in some or all of the columns, and the repeating data is in consecutive rows. It also optimizes network traffic if the application is updating or inserting images, pictures, or long text or binary data.
Notes
*This connection option can affect performance.
Default
2
GUI Tab
Performance tab
See Also
See Performance Considerations for details.