Re: Advice on building a Visual C++ front end to Oracle

[Quoted] You might also consider a Java user interface using Oracle's thin JDBC driver. We have had very good success using this development path with Oracle 7.3, 8.0 and Lite back ends. We also found lifecycle cost to be lower in Java than C++. IDE used was Symantec Visual Cafe 2.5, 3.0.

--Jon
DSIC Ed and Susan Crotty wrote:

> Borland C++ Builder (like Delphi, but C++ instead of Pascal) is
> Soooooooooooooooo much easier to use for database apps -
>
> Phill Edwards wrote:
>
> > We are considering building a Visual C++ GUI which will talk to an Oracle 7
> > or 8 backend database. Does anyone have any experience of doing this, or
> > know where to find some docco on it?
> >
> > Any gotchas, tips, advice etc would be greatly appreciated. In particular,
> > what Windows 95/98 ODBC driver do you recommend and what are its
> > limitations? Is it worth trying to build lots of nice generic packages to do
> > the DML or does that make everything too hard to deal with in Visual C++?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -- Phill --
Received on Wed Jan 13 1999 - 07:15:08 CET