Path: text.usenetserver.com!out02b.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newshunter!cosy.sbg.ac.at!newsfeed.utanet.at!newsfeed.wu-wien.ac.at!aconews-feed.univie.ac.at!aconews.univie.ac.at!not-for-mail Sender: lanadvall From: Laurenz Albe Subject: Re: Oracle and Pro*C Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc References: <119be126-09de-449c-b200-24b32ef63e18@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-5.0/1.5.18(0.132/4/2) (i686)) Organization: dienste.wien.at ISP Message-ID: <1212737446.564984@proxy.dienste.wien.at> X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Date: 06 Jun 2008 07:30:48 GMT Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.203.254.23 X-Trace: 1212737448 aconews.univie.ac.at 10578 141.203.254.23 X-Complaints-To: abuse@univie.ac.at Xref: usenetserver.com comp.databases.oracle.misc:252951 X-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:31:09 EDT (text.usenetserver.com) Carlos wrote: >> I maintain an application using Pro*C programs to access to an Oracle >> database. >> For the moment, programs and datas are together located on the same >> server... but, in the case of an architecture "client- >> server" (application located on a server, database located on another >> one), is it necessary to install an Oracle client (librairies...) on >> the application server to communicate with the database server ? >> >> In others words : Are executables generated from Pro*C API need to >> work with Oracle librairies in local ? Or, these executables are self- >> working, not needing to access to Oracle functions locally based ? >> >> Thanks a lot in advance for your answers. >> >> Sebastien > > Yes, you'll need the oracle client for the platform where the client > application is. ... unless you link the program statically. But that's usually a bad idea, as it turns any kind of software update into a nightmare. Yours, Laurenz Albe