Re: Language choice for high-volume Oracle CGI interface?

Hi,
  I also would not go cgi. I suggest java, utilizing servlets, and the 8i is not necessary but would be nice. (I'm using 8.0.4, but jdbc can connect back to 7.x.x see the Oracle site.)
C. Ferguson, Rational Concepts, Inc.

Rene Pijlman wrote:

> Greg McCann <gregm_at_well.com> wrote:
> >We're doing a proposal for a system doing high-volume financial transactions on
> >the internet. We're expecting 10,000 transactions per day at the beginning, up
> >to 1,000,000 transactions per day eventually. The client has specified an
> >Oracle database with an NT web server, using SSL for secure communications both
> >between the browser client and our server and between remote servers and our
> >main server.
> >
> >We're debating what language to use for the CGI programming.
>
> Don't use CGI for high-volume transactions. It spawns a process with a new
> database session for every hit. Use Oracle Application Server instead. A good
> programming language would be PL/SQL or Java (Oracle 8i). This solution would
> be Oracle-dependent, but Microsoft-independent.
>
> Register for technet and browse:
> http://technet.oracle.com/product/appsvrs/oraapp/main.htm
> http://technet.oracle.com/product/appsvrs/oraapp/info2/oas40wp.pdf
>
> Vriendelijke groet,
> --
> Rene Pijlman <R.Pijlman_at_applinet.nl>
> http://www.applinet.nl/ Informatiesystemen & Internet
Received on Sat Jun 19 1999 - 15:16:47 CDT