Re: V7.2 and threads (non-threads safe?)

From: Ed Bruce <edward_at_igate1.hac.com>
Date: 1995/12/05
Message-ID: <edward-0512951704420001_at_r-618macip18.hac.com>#1/1


In article <49vcda$fmb_at_inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com>, surman_at_oracle.com (Scott Urman) wrote:

> In article <49q92u$mcl_at_spruce.citicorp.com>, renato.ghica_at_citicorp.com
(Renato Ghica) writes:

> Oracle 7.2 is NOT thread safe. The client libraries for Oracle 7.3 will be.
> Having said that, you can still write multi-threaded programs with Oracle 7.2.
> Make sure that each thread has a separate connection. In Pro*C, if you have
> more than one thread in the same source module, use the AT clause for each one
> with a different name to insure that each will have a different connection.
> You also should mutex all of your SQL statements to insure that a thread
 doesn't
> get swapped out during execution of SQL.
>
> In 7.3, you will be able to pass context information among threads (and
> therefore share a connection), and the mutexing restriction is less.

Will the Pro*Ada for 7.3 support this for Ada tasks?

-- 
Ed Bruce
edward_at_igate1.hac.com
Key fingerprint =  62 8D FC 8F 27 2F 89 D0  8B 38 7E 34 33 74 C2 36
Received on Tue Dec 05 1995 - 00:00:00 CET

Original text of this message