Re: Basic OCI Information needed

Mladen,

    how about of connecting to oracle db using JDBC/OCI connectivity from the Web browser. Any idea? Thanks

/ludhi

mgogala_at_rocketmail.com wrote:

> In article <750iju$fti$1_at_newsreader4.core.theplanet.net>,
> "Paul Sanders" <paul_at_jsl.softnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am completly new to the world of OCI and have a couple of questions.
> >
> > 1 Can windows tools be written using the OCI, or is it for Pro*C stuff only
> > 2 If Windows, are there any sites that I can get some examples from
> > 3 I've seen an example of connecting to the database that does'nt seem to
> > use
> > a DSN - How would I specify one?
> > 4 Are there any stats on the performance differences between OCI and ODBC
> >
> > Any comments would be gratefully appreciated
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
> OCI stands for "ORACLE CALL INTERFACE" and that's precisely what is. Whether
> you decide to interface it with windows, Motif or something else is entirely
> up to you. OCI tends to be more efficient the PRO*C, but less portable. ODBC,
> on the other hand is slower then OCI, because there is an extra layer between
> Oracle and the program. If you need portability among databases, then ODBC is
> much better then OCI. OCI is a lean, mean and extremely efficient ORACLE
> library that helps you implement Oracle specific features. As for code
> samples, I have lots of C++ code using OCI, but it's all Solaris.
>
> --
> Mladen Gogala
>
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Received on Mon Dec 14 1998 - 16:48:39 CST