So I would assume that ProC has more limitations. When would I want to use
the OCI over ProC?
"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:06:19 -0400, "Ryan Gaffuri" <rkg100_at_erols.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I was reading the documentation and I cant find any compare and contrast
> >between the two.
> >
> Pro*C is a Host Language Interface. The Pro*C preprocessor translates
> your statements in ordinary C.
> OCI (Oracle Call Interface) is basically an API, you program C
> directly, you have to setup your own memory structure, explicitly
> parse the statement yourself etc. In Pro*C that is taken care of for
> you by the preprocessor. Pro*C is much easier to program.
>
> Hth
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
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Received on Tue Mar 05 2002 - 16:43:18 CST
