Re: Oracle Objects for OLE 2.3 for Download

[Quoted] Has anyone used OO4O ? I'd be interested in your experiences. Thanks,

-Jay

Robert J. Grimes wrote in message <3641C55E.E6A1159C_at_rgconsulting.com>...
>2 questions:
>
>1) Does this require any other oracle server products other than the
 standard NT
>oracle database running? i.e. does it need something like Oracle Web
 server?
>
>2) Will this be a cost item in the future? If so what price range?
>
>Oracle Objects for OLE wrote:
>
>> Oracle Objects for OLE 2.3 (Trial version) is available for download from
>> the following sites
>>
>> Minimal:
>>
>> ftp://external-ftp.us.oracle.com/dev_tools/outgoing/oo4o/win32/23runtime/
>>
>> Full:
>>
>> http://www.oracle.com/products/trial/html/trial.html
>>
>> The new features introduced in V2.3 are
>>
>> 1) Support of Database connection pooling ( for ASP application)
>> 2) Performance improvement in Dynaset field access
>> 3) Reduced network roundtrip for executing Dynaset's SQL statement
>> 4) More bug fixes
>>
>> Here is the short description for Oracle Objects for OLE
>>
>> Oracle Objects For OLE (OO4O) is a product designed to allow easy access
 to
>> data stored in Oracle databases from any programming or scripting
 language
>> that supports the Microsoft COM Automation and ActiveX technology. This
>> includes Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Basic For Applications (VBA),
 IIS
>> Active Server Pages (VBScript and JavaScript), and others.
>>
>> The OO4O Automation Server is a set of COM Automation objects for
 connecting
>> to Oracle database servers, executing SQL statements and PL/SQL blocks,
 and
>> accessing the results.
>>
>> Unlike other COM-based database connectivity APIs, such as Microsoft ADO,
>> the OO4O Automation Server has been developed and evolved specifically
 for
>> use with Oracle database servers. It provides an optimized API for
 accessing
>> features that are unique to Oracle and are otherwise cumbersome or
>> inefficient to use from ODBC or OLE DB-based components.
>>
>> OO4O provides key features for efficiently and easily accessing Oracle
>> databases in environments ranging from the typical two-tier client/server
>> applications (developed in Visual Basic or Excel, for example) to
>> application servers deployed in application server environments such as
 web
>> server applications in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).
 Features
>> include:
>>
>> - Support for execution of PL/SQL anonymous blocks and stored
>> procedures. This includes support for for all data types allowed for
>> input/output parameters of PL/SQL stored procedures incluing PL/SQL
>> cursors.
>> - Free threaded objects and connection pooling for developing
 efficient
>> web server applications
>> - Support for array inserts and updates << link to description of
>> SQLStmt and Parameter interfaces
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Received on Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00:00 CET