Re: Porting C/Sybase to Oracle

In article <4it77a$ohi_at_B1FF.mindspring.com>

           efried_at_mindspring.com "Eric Friedman" writes:
>
> >Seriously, since you're considering doing this, you ought to consider
> >that you may want to do it again someday. So, instead, go out and
> >buy the middleware product of your choice and port to that instead.
> >That way you'll only have to endure the pain once.
>
> Or use ESQL - in Oracle's case, Pro*C. There is a bit of overhand, but
> if you restrict yourself to Standard SQL, the port isn't too bad.
>

Keeping within 'Standard' SQL can be hard. Vendros do have a habit of providing juicy extensions.

People might like to check out www.knosof.co.uk/sqlport.html

derek

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