Re: ProC vs. C++ with OCI

I have most recently used Oracle Objects for OLE to access the database from a Visual C++ application. This removes the need to precompile with the ProC compiler and is *easier* to understand and use than the full OCI interface. The OLE interface comes with a C++ class library which is faily easy to use and uses underlying OCI interface to talk to Oracle. I switched to this from ODBC to overcome the ODBC performance problems and enable better support for stored procedures, never looked back.

If you want more information then please let me know.

Regards,
Simon Wilson

On Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:59:49 GMT, James Woodger <jwoodger_at_sympatico.ca> expounded:

>I'd like opinions on why I might choose ProC vs. C++.
>
>My current impression is that the database is easier to access from ProC
>but you can get integrated C++ development environments (e.g. Visual
>C++) that makes editing and debugging complex code easier. Importantly,
>one must use OCI to access the Oracle DBMS from C++.
>
>Questions:
>1. Are there other compelling diferences between ProC and C++?
>2. How solid is the OCI interface?
>3. How easy to learn and use is OCI for routines with a lot of database
>access? (would embedded PL/SQL be a much easier route for routines with
>heavy database access?)
>
>I would really appreciate a copy of any replies at jwoodger_at_sympatico.ca
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 00:58:57 CEST