Re: Shared Libraries?

Which version of Oracle are you using? I am running 7.1.4 and cannot find this library.

Thanks,
Jim Anderson

In article <4cs6ne$rvq_at_spectator.cris.com>, Ken Denny <kedenny_at_mail.concentric.net> writes:
|> Stan Driggs <stan_at_ensco.com> wrote:
|> >Can anyone tell me if there is a shared version of the
|> >Oracle Pro*C libraries out now for AIX?
|> >
|> >We have Oracle 7.1.6.something, and each process that
|> >links in the embedded SQL libs gets an extra meg or so.
|> >I seem to remember talk of future versions of Oracle
|> >having shared libraries.
|> >
|> >Please e-mail any response since I don't wade through
|> >this group too often. (I still can't believe the proposal
|> >to split up the group was voted down.)
|> >
|> >TIA
|> >
|> >Stan
|> >
|> >----------------------------------------------------
|> >Stan Driggs ENSCO, Inc.
|> >Sr. Systems Engineer ISS Division
|> >Email: stan_at_ensco.com 1277 Taylor Rd.
|> >Voice: (607) 751-5502 Owego, NY 13827
|> >FAX : (607) 687-4733
|>
|> We had the same problem at my site and finally got in touch with someone
|> who may be the only person in Oracle support to know about this. This
|> has to be the best kept secret in all of Oracle but here is what we found
|> out.
|>
|> There is a shared library $ORACLE_HOME/lib/liboracle.sl which can be used
|> in place of all the .a libraries. Change the make file (proc.mk or
|> proc16.mk) definition of PROLDLIBS to -l:liboracle.sl and watch the size
|> of your executable go from 3M to 20K for small programs.
|>
|> Caution. There is a kernel patch required before it will work on HP-UX,
|> and there may be one required for your OS as well. Try it first and if
|> it doesn't work, contact Oracle phone support and hopefully you'll get
|> someone with a clue (don't count on it though) who can tell you if there
|> is a patch required for your OS.
|>
|> Good luck
|> Ken Denny
|> Insight Industries, Inc.
|> RTP, NC
|>
|> Any opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
|>
|>
Received on Wed Jan 10 1996 - 00:00:00 CET