Oracle:FFI
Date: 1997/01/20
Message-ID: <32E3E4EC.1BE3_at_boeing.com>#1/1
RDBMS Version (if applicable): N/A
Error Number (if applicable): N/A
Product and Version: Developer/2000 R1.3 4.5.7.1.x
Operating System: Sun Solaris V2 Sparc
I am looking for information about the FFI functions. I have read all there is in the Procedure Builder documents and the on-line help in Developer/2000. Is there a book that exists that details more about this functionality? I'm looking for information like:
Do you REALLY need to reload the library EVERY time you call the
function
as shown in all the examples. I believe that this would end up messing
things up as you would be loading and reloading constantly (especially
if
the function was called during a post-query-trigger).
Do you need to unload the library before exiting the form or is it just
a niceaty? I could not find any examples doing this but the
functionality
exists.
Can you use the TOOLS GET/SET routines in the foreign functions to
get/put
variables or is it a requirement to pass them as parameters?
Besides not having to rebuild f45runmx every time something changes,
what
other advantages/disadvantages are there for using FFI over user exits?
As you can see I have several questions.... Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
-- Ken Niedermeyer Boeing Central Information Systems Ken.Niedermeyer_at_boeing.comReceived on Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00:00 CET