Re: Client library for Oracle on linux

felipefg_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently I develop an application that access Oracle's database using
> Oracle's OCCI library. The application runs on Linux and is done purely
> in C++.
>
> I have now the need to connect to different DBMSs, more specifically to
> MySQL. Is there any tool, like ODBC/JDBC that I could use from the C++
> program that would do database access in a generic way, so that I would
> not need to design my own database abstraction layer?
>
> Some time ago I did a research on iODBC and unixODBC, but they relied
> on third party drivers to connect to Oracle. Is this still the case? Is
> there any way to access database generically that is supported by
> Oracle?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Felipe

When you write: "Is there any tool, like ODBC/JDBC that I could use from the C++ program that would do database access in a generic way."

It leads me to wonder ... what is wrong with using ODBC/JDBC?

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