This compiler is called Pro-C. It allows you to embed SQL like
commands within a C program. I have used it for some simple
inserts and selects on a Unixware platform years ago. It worked
very well. Please post to the list if you resolve whether Oracle
has ported this to Linux.
Mario Truyens[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know that Oracle provides a special pre-compiler
> that allows you to use special Oracle routines in
> your C-code, which you then pre-compile with this
> compiler and this result can then be feeded to your
> regular C-compiler.
> I've never used it (I use Perl to do these things)
> but I think it comes with the standard Oracle Enterprise
> version.
>
> Mario
>
> On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Mike Humphreys (DSL Ch) wrote:
>
> > List,
> >
> > Does anyone out there have any experience or knowledge of writing programmes
> > that access an Oracle database that is hosted on a SunOS 5.5 Host from
> > Linux?
> >
> > I would be most interested to hear of any products or sample C code that
> > will enable me to start writing my own programme in this vein.
> >
> > I have to date not found anything overly useful from the Oracle web site,
> > but then I could have missed it... Is there anything in the Public Domain
> > that may be useful? Are there any Commercial Packages available? I did
> > briefly look at the MyODBC and MySQL products, but couldn't immediately see
> > how to use them for my purposes. Did I miss something?
> >
> > Any and all help will be most gratefully received.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > MikeH
> >
