Re: OCI vs. Pro*C

From: Tim Smith <tssmith_at_netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 1994 03:44:58 GMT
Message-ID: <tssmithCJCFqy.4I0_at_netcom.com>


In article <36131_at_mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_MacDonald_at_mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce MacDonald) writes:
>Why would you NOT want to use Pro*C? The OCI calls are quite low-level.
>Using Pro*C just saves a lot of grunt work.

All depends on what kind of application you are writing. There are some things that you can do with the OCI that cannot be done with a precompiler, such as passing cursor pointers to external functions, doing piecewise fetches from long columns, and a few others.

For certain kinds of applications, the OCI is ideal tool. For others, the precompilers are. That's why Oracle offers both (and continues to support and enhance the OCI).

--Tim (tssmith_at_netcom.com) (tssmith_at_oracle.com) Received on Sun Jan 09 1994 - 04:44:58 CET

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