Re: OCI and GNU compiler

In article <4r1dnb$73_at_nyx.cs.du.edu>, tpoindex_at_nyx.cs.du.edu (Tom Poindexter) writes:
|> In article <4r12v2$4ri_at_inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com>,
|> Scott Urman <surman_at_oracle.com> wrote:
|> >In article <4r0ilr$sik_at_decius.ultra.net>, dtrahan_at_tyler.ultranet.com (David Trahan) writes:
|> >|> Richard Campbell <richard.campbell_at_mail.esrin.esa.it> wrote:
|> >|> >We are planning to write some OCI interfaces to our database which will
|> >|> >primarily make calls to Pl/SQL stored procedures.
|> >|> >We were hoping to use the GNU C++ compiler, are there any compatibility
 [...]
|> >
|> >For example, on Solaris you can get an undefined symbol __cg92_used. If you
|> >are using the SparcWorks compiler, then you simply use the -xcg92 flag. But
|>
|>
|> Oracle used to supply an extra object, $ORACLE_HOME/lib/__fstd.o that
|> had the otherwise worthless symbol. Add this object to your link line to
|> resolve the '__cg92_used' reference.
|>
|> --
|> Tom Poindexter
|> tpoindex_at_nyx.net
|> http://www.nyx.net/~tpoindex/

Very true. But the point remains - if you are not using the supported compiler, then you could have problems. I wouldn't recommend using gcc for production systems that require full Oracle support.

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