Re: Oracle Classes using the OCI?
Re: Oracle Classes using the OCI?
- Subject: Re: Oracle Classes using the OCI?
- From: Ted Thibodeau Jr <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 00:28:44 -0500
* Michael Sullivan [2006/11/04 12:24 AM +0900] wrote:
> Any help would or pointers be appreciated.
ODBC?
It's a free development environment, and doesn't leave your application
bound to Oracle (unless you really want it that way).
iODBC is part of the Mac OS X default environment, though the Cocoa
Frameworks were left out of what Apple ships -- their choice, please
complain to Apple about the lack! -- they *are* available at no cost
in the form of the pre-compiled iODBC SDK download from OpenLink, or
you can even build them yourself following the instructions found
at iODBC.org.
Yes, you'll probably want/need to license an ODBC driver, and the
ones that support all you'll want (particularly UTF-8/Kanji/Unicode)
are very unlikely to be free...
But there are at least two vendors to choose from, presuming Oracle
never puts one out. My employer is one, and we offer three flavors
of driver for Oracle. One is wrapped around a JDBC Driver; one is
bound to the OCI Client; one puts no Oracle-specific components on
the Mac (but does require additional OpenLink components on a host
which does have either the Oracle server or client installed). Of
these, the first and last are available in Universal builds; the
second is only available in PPC, until Oracle delivers Intel builds
of the OCI and/or Instant Client.
There's also a nice GPL'ed benchmark tool for ODBC drivers -- you
can get it from SourceForge or OpenLink -- OpenLink ODBC Bench. It
simulates TPC-C and TPC-A test suites on your infrastructure, so you
don't have to rely on anyone's claims -- put the drivers and their
configurations to the test in your own environment.
As open source, you can of course examine all the tests to ensure
that there is no unfair benefit to one driver or database over any
other, and you can add tests to the routine if what's there doesn't
satisfy your needs.
I'll leave the rest of the pitch-speak out. You can contact me
directly, or use the company's online Support System to get up-and-
running, development, and other assistance, much at no cost.
Good luck,
Ted
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