Re: Calling a C++ DLL from PL/SQL

With Oracle7 you can use something like PLEX (http://www.oracle.com/database/features/plsql/plexdoc_toc.html). If you have used C++ you will need to create a small C interface with extern "C"  ... }.

HTH. Finn

Iurie Jigalov <IJigalov_at_tvguide.ca> wrote in message news:S74j3.28323$ga.42195_at_news21.bellglobal.com...
> Hi,
> I am looking the decision too, but external DLL is only in 8.x do anybody
> know how to call server site C from 7.3
> Iurie. IJigalov_at_tvguide.ca
>
> Johan Wegener wrote in message <7mchoi$mn$1_at_news101.telia.com>...
> ><ssmith3542_at_my-deja.com> skrev i en
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> >> I need to know how to call a c++ procedure in a dll from pl/sql 2.3.
> >> Is dbms_pipe the only way?
> >
> >No, you have got at least these additional possibilities:
> >
> >1) Client side DLL: Use the Developer/2000 package ORA_FFI to access the
> >DLL.
> >2) Server side DLL: Use database external procedures to access the DLL.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Johan
> >-
> >Johan Wegener
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Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:01:05 CEST