Re: PRO C on UNIX using CORBA question

Don Chambers wrote:

> I am taking over a project that uses an Oracle database and a Wndows
> frontend. The middle tier will be running on UNIX. I am pushing for
> using PRO C for the middle tier but have never used it before and have
> some questions.
>
> The project is currently using a third part tool for the database
> access. This tool does not support embedded SQL or CORBA sequences.
>
> I know nothing about CORBA will will need to use it. There are team
> members who know how to use CORBA but they have never used PRO C.
>
> Will PRO C support CORBA? I will need to use CORBA sequences.

I guess you are asking whether you can use PROC code and C++ code together. The answer is , yes, you can use. You can either pass around the CORBA Sequences to PROC methods and fill the data in.
But in that case, you will end up writing structures for every database table in the IDL which is not really good. So, you can think about STL there.

// eg middleware method
SomeImpl::someMethod(...)
{
  call proc method
  fill the data..
}

>
> I have read that PRO C integrates very well with the Microsoft IDE. I
> would like to develop on UNIX. What is a good C++ IDE for UNIX (HP)?
> I would like and interactive debugger. The current plan is to use
> SoftBench but I've never seen this.
>
> If I develop on NT using PRO C how hard wil a port to UNIX be?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
> dchamber_at_mindspring.com
Received on Tue Apr 18 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT