Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.server:70567 comp.databases.oracle.tools:34084 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!zeus.ghosh.de!nobody From: Amit Ghosh Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.tools Subject: Re: Connect to ORACLE using C++ on UNIX ? Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:33:19 +0200 Organization: n/a Lines: 47 Message-ID: <380DB68E.3957ACA4@ghosh.de> References: <7uk4pn$70u$1@bagan.srce.hr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.online.de 940422851 4988 62.156.6.103 (20 Oct 1999 12:34:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@online.de NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Oct 1999 12:34:11 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.10 i686) X-Accept-Language: de, en keso wrote: > > Hi gurus! > > I have one question for you. > I am familiar with connecting to ORACLE via ODBC on Windows, > but now I need it on UNIX (and I don't know almost nothing about UNIX). > What are the options to do it and what software will I need ? > > thanks in advance, > > Vedran I'm currently porting a daemon from NT to UNIX and I use OCI calls on both platforms. OCI is bundled with Oracle, so there is no additional software you'll need. Porting the Oracle-level is trivial, since there are no visible differences in the API on both platforms (AFAIK). Another option would be Pro/C wich is a precompiler (also bundled with Oracle) for embedded SQL (never used it by myself, since I feel very comfortable using OCI an I hate this precompiling stuff). But be warned. Porting to one of the above most probably means rewriting most of your application (if you're into porting). Surfing the Web I recently read something about ODBC for UNIX (at least for Linux). Sorry, but I can't remember the URL. Maybe this will be the best option for you, since you know this ODBC stuff. ODBC/UNIX will be ok, if timeline is your primary goal and performance isn't a critical factor. If there is enough time for learning, I would choose OCI. But these are just my 0.02$ Hope this helps. Regards -- Amit Ghosh mailto:mail@ghosh.de