Re: Q: eXt. Procs. - callbacks

Thomas,

Thanks for your response, it is appreciated even if it makes me sad :-).

> A copy of this was sent to "huh" -> <-
> (if that email address didn't require changing)
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:38:04 +0200, you wrote:

However I BEG you, PLEASE DON'T INCLUDE my e-mail address in your reply. If you wish so, please malform it at least to disallow spambots bombing my box (but allowing humans understand it)..

>
> In Oracle8.0, extprocs that do callbacks must use OCI.
> In Oracle8i, release 8.1, they may use either OCI or Pro*C.
>

Let me ask... As far as I understand it Pro*C is a translator - it converts one
text file to another text file (like standard C preprocessor), doesn't it? It replaces EXEC SQL lines with respective OCI calls, or am I wrong? So both executables (either written in pure OCI or Pro*C - embedded sql) communicate with DB engine through the OCI - is there any essential difference
 between OCI and Pro*C?

I guess they extended (in O8i R8.1) Pro*C capabilities to support ::OCIExtProcGetEnv

TIA --
Thank you for keeping >anti-spam< habit: not including my address in your reply. Received on Wed Aug 04 1999 - 03:37:26 CDT