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Re: Client library for Oracle on linux

From: Rauf Sarwar <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 4 Jul 2006 03:40:29 -0700
Message-ID: <1152009629.809359.255830@v61g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>

felipefg_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for answering, and sorry for taking so long to reply back!
>
> The problem is that the application is currenly coded in C++, and
> portability is one requirement. JDBC is great, but is only for Java.
> Concerning ODBC, it seems that oracle only supports Windows ODBC? As my
> application currently runs under Linux (but made with portability in
> mind), is there any supported driver for an Unix ODBC implementation,
> such as iODBC or UnixODBC?
>
> Thanks,
> Felipe
>
> DA Morgan wrote:
> > 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?
> > --
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> > University of Washington
> > damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> > (replace x with u to respond)
> > Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> > www.psoug.org

Please do not top post.

I don't use it but have come across http://www.datadirect.com. Or
you could goto MySQL website and find out this http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html

Regards
/Rauf Received on Tue Jul 04 2006 - 05:40:29 CDT

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