Re: Oracle API for C/C++ ?

From: Shawn Lavin <shawn_IHateSpam_FigureItOut_at_mdli.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:06:12 -0700
Message-ID: <181019991006123363%shawn_IHateSpam_FigureItOut@mdli.com>

Several points to add :

The Oracle precompiler actually converts Pro*C calls into OCI calls.

If that last time you looked at OCI was Oracle 7 or before, look at it in Oracle 8, they have opened it up quite a bit (hundreds of intrinsics rather than 40 some).

In article <3808b024.432646_at_news.demon.nl>, postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl (Sybrand Bakker) wrote:

> Yes, OCI, the Oracle Call Interface. This is a low level interface
> compared to Pro*C, which is essentially a HLI (Host Language
> Interface).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 01:14:07 +0800, "Chow Hoi Ka, Eric"
> <eric138_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Except Pro *C, is there any other API for C in Sun Solaris to access
> >Oracle daatabase ???
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Eric
> >
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Shawn Lavin
As always, my opinions are my own Received on Mon Oct 18 1999 - 12:06:12 CDT