Re: Oracle and Threads

From: Fengqing Zhou <zhouf_at_rintintin.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 1997/01/06
Message-ID: <5arcbt$f5l@lace.colorado.edu>#1/1

In article <5anijs$ovj_at_spruce.citicorp.com>, Reza Aghaei <reza_at_gftpd-mail.citicorp.com> wrote:
>We are in the process of developing a multithreaded appliction and are going
>to use Oracle 7.3 which is supposed to be thread safe. The code is being

Hi!

My boss brought out the similar question: Oracle 7 prior to 7.3 is NOT thread safe.

Is this true? Also could someone explain what is "thread safe" meaning in the Oracle? Why Oracle prior to 7.3 is not thread safe and why Oracle 7.3 IS thread safe?

TIA,
>written in C++/ProC. Have anyone done this before?, please let me know
>about your experience. Do I have to use different connections for each
>thread to be able to manage transactions i.e. commit, roolback or I can
>multithread a single connection.
>
>Regards
>Reza
>
Received on Mon Jan 06 1997 - 00:00:00 CST