All,
I have reviewed a lot of posts but can't seem to find the answer to this one:

I have a SQL 05 Enterprise server linked to an Oracle 10g Server to retrieve records from Oracle table (300K rows). The query is a simple select * from tbl openquery. (I know the implications of using * in a query, but bare with me through the explanation...)

1. Initially utilized the MSDAORA provider to link SQL to ORACLE:
Response...