Re: Oracle Call Interface

In article <2vkaus$e6d_at_cherokee.advtech.uswest.com> tpoind_at_advtech.uswest.com (Tom Poindexter) writes:
>In article <CsMH06.9ns_at_cmi.on.ca> Jodi J. Showers <jshowers_at_cmi.on.ca> writes:
>
>>P.S. Although brings up an interesting point regarding the oraperl
>>product. We
>>decided not to use it (though it may be *very* powerful) as it's
>>implemented
>>at the OCI layer, and we didn't wan't a maintenance headache. Though I
>>believe
>
>If OCI is every dropped by Oracle, I'd either continue to use the
>lastest OCI, or recode Oratcl to use Pro*C. I suspect the Oraperl folks
>would do the same. There's no doubt for me: I'll continue to use
>Tcl/Tk/Oratcl for the benefit of writing and supporting the X11 applications
>I need to produce.
>
The same applies to oraperl and will also apply to the new DBperl for Oracle (it's in the works but don't ask me when you'll see it :-)

>For info on Oratcl:
>ftp://harbor.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/tcl/extensions/oratcl-2.11.tar.gz
>
>For Tcl in general:
>ftp://harbor.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/tcl/docs/faq*
>

For Oraperl and DBperl:
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/perl/db/oraperl

>Tom Poindexter tpoind_at_advtech.uswest.com or tpoindex_at_nyx.cs.du.edu

Regards,
Tim Bunce. Received on Mon Jul 11 1994 - 19:58:14 CEST