Oracle Pro*C/C++(TM) Getting Started for Windows Platforms Release 8.0 A53634-01 |
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This chapter describes Pro*C/C++, the Oracle programmatic interface for the C and C++ language running under the Window operating system. Pro*C/C++ enables you to build Oracle database applications in a WIN32 environment. This chapter includes:
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For general information on using Pro*C/C++ under all operating systems, see Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Pro*C/C++ Precompiler. |
The Pro*C/C++ precompiler takes SQL statements embedded in your C and C++ program and converts them to standard C and C++ code, respectively. When you successfully precompile this code, the result is a C or C++ program that you can compile and use to build applications that access an Oracle database.
To access an Oracle database, a high-level query language called Structured Query Language (SQL) is used. Pro*C/C++ is a precompiler that converts SQL statements in EXEC SQL commands into C and C++ statements so that the resulting output file can then be compiled by a C and C++ compiler.
Pro*C/C++ embeds SQL statements in a C and C++ program, allowing you to create applications that access your Oracle database whenever rapid development and compatibility with other systems are your priorities.
Pro*C/C++ supports PL/SQL, Oracle's procedural language extensions to the SQL language standard for enhancing performance of the Oracle database.
This release of Pro*C/C++ supports these features:
Pro*C/C++ Release 8.0 does not support local parsing of PL/SQL. All PL/SQL is processed by the Oracle8 Server and must be in anonymous PL/SQL blocks. Therefore, access to an Oracle8 server must be available when precompiling files with PL/SQL blocks.