In article <36F97D98.8718D812_at_connectnet.com>,
Jennifer Neff <jneff_at_connectnet.com> wrote:
> We're looking at having our contractor convert their code from SQL
> Server to Oracle 7.3.3 so we're both talking to the same database. Their
> code is written using stored procedures and C++. Is the easiest way to
> convert this using Pro*C to call the PL/SQL stored procedures? Their
> biggest concern is that the stored procedures return record sets and
> they need to use something that handles cursors and record sets.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Jennifer
>
>
So called "result sets" are only implicit cursors. PRO*C is was created to
resemble IBM's precompilers and the notion of a cursor was inherited from
SQL/DS. MS SQL doesn't support either cursors or PRO*C if they are doing
stored procedure conversion, there is an automated tool that does a very
good job. As for the programs, they'll have to rewrite them anyway. The other
solution would be to use something like Rogue Wave which has an object layer
conforming to the both databases and use classes from dbtools.h for both
Oracle and SQL Server. That would ensure compatibility with both databases
and provide your contractor with the code they can use in both worlds.
Mladen Gogala
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Received on Thu Mar 25 1999 - 20:58:33 CST
