Re: Is Pro*C reentrant?

Damon Groenveld wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since we are going to be using DCE soon I need to know if there is a version
> of Pro*C that is thread safe (reentrant). If you have any information that
> could help me please let me know via email at:
>
> damon_at_werple.net.au

You need Oracle 7.3 ... prior versions are not thread-safe (non-reentrant). Our DCE/Encina application uses Oracle 7.2; thus, we must use multiple single-threaded processes (written in Pro*C, calling stored procedures) to access Oracle rather than one multithreaded process. Our DCE multithreaded client GUI can then obtain multiple Oracle server connections simultaneously. Not terribly painful, but a bit less robust.

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