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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:57:54 -0400
From: rich-paul AT rich-paul DOT net
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Oracle client in Cygwin?
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In-Reply-To: <A7AF87D6496DD411B50A00D0B76DEB2C1E6F78@EX2BEBREYMBX02>; from Darius.Clynes@cec.eu.int on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 06:56:18PM +0200
X-Operating-System: Linux monster 2.2.18-crypt

OCI does work, it's used by the perl DBD::Oracle module, which is itself
another way, and a very nice one, to work with Oracle in cygwin.  I've done
direct OCI and perl under cygwin.


On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 06:56:18PM +0200, Darius DOT Clynes AT cec DOT eu DOT int wrote:
> Jim
> 
> I know of 3 ways to do this.
> 
> 1) Pro*C   (the way I do it and you link to SQLLIB18.lib)
> 	you have to call the pro-c compiler first 
> 
> 2) OCI  (haven't tried this from cygwin but it should work if you link with
> the right libs)
> 
> 3) ODBC (haven't tried this from cygwin, but if you do let me know if it
> works,
>          and send me an example please)
> 
> After you install the Oracle Client, (with pro*c) and if you need an example
> 
> i would be happy to send you one.
> 
> Darius
> 
> Darius Clynes 
> Software Engineer
> European Commission
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> Brussels, 1040 
> Belgium
> 
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> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jim Drash [mailto:jdrash AT eesus DOT jnj DOT com]
> >Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 6:49 PM
> >To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >Subject: Oracle client in Cygwin?
> >
> >
> >Is it possible to atttache to Oracle databases from within Cygwin?
> >If so what is required?  If this has been asked before, I could not 
> >find any reference to it in the archives?
> >
> >thanks in advance,
> >jim drash <jdrash AT eesus DOT jnj DOT com>
> >
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