Re: My install is missing Pro*C - how do I get it?

the Pro*C/C++ precompiler is included as a component of "Oracle Programmer". The software is included on the Oracle server CDs.

IMPORTANT NOTE: although the software is on the server CDs, the database license does not cover the use of the precompiler. you must purchase a separate named-user license for "Oracle Progammer".

Just re-run the installer, choose custom, find the correct component, select it, and install.

(note: it's probably a good idea to shutdown any running database instances before you run the installer again.)

you'll need to expand the high level options in order to locate the Pro*C/C++ precompiler... it'll be listed under "Development Tools" or "Programmer Tools" or some thing like that.

"Steve Mading" <madings_at_baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote in message news:9dt7d1$gne$1_at_news.doit.wisc.edu...
>
> This should be an easy question. (SHOULD be, except that Oracle's
> website is such a tangled mess of unrelated links that I can't
> find even the simplest of answers on it.)
>
> All I need to know is this: Where do I obtain Pro*C? (for
> Oracle 8i Enterprise edition, version 8.1.5, on Sparc/solaris)
> Is it part of some other package I order from Oracle? If so,
> what's the name of the package? Is it part of what should have
> been installed from the Oracle 8i disk(s)? Is it a download
> from Oracle? Where the <beep> is the program called "proc"
> supposed to be? I've wasted 3 hours on Oracle's website
> trying to answer that question. (Ever try to figure out what's
> inside those fancy-sounding packages they sell? Ugh... Their
> whole site was written with managers in mind, NOT the actual
> people who will be using their products.)
>
> Sorry about my angry tone, but I'm very frustrated right now.
>
> Here's the story: I'm using an oracle setup that was installed
> by someone else. It doesn't seem to have a program called
> "proc" anywhere in it (I used "find" to try to find it - it's
> simply not there.) We have the original install media, and
> an official license, and if I have to I am willing to purchase
> some sort of product if that is what I have to do to get Pro*C,
> but Oracle's website is so badly organized that they won't tell
> me, given that I want Pro*C, which product I need, or if it is
> meant to be included inside the products I already have.
>
> I'm not ruling out the possiblity that it was simply chosen not
> to be installed by the person who set this up. He was using
> Java, not C, so he might not have bothered with Pro*C. (And now
> he's no longer available for me to ask.)
>
> I'm trying to port some Informix ESQL-C code over to Oracle's
> Pro*C, which is what prompted this question.
>
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Received on Wed May 16 2001 - 22:00:33 CDT