Re: OCI (8.1.6) documentation? (for a C++ programmer)

OCI might be more than you need. Have you looked at using Pro*C instead? You can write "cleaner" code without getting bogged down in all the OCI details.

Just a thought,
Brian

Peter Vos wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> At the moment, I have the Programmer's guide from Oracle,
> which describes all that's inside OCI, but fails (at least
> for me) to explain how to use it efficiently.
> I have an application that stores a lot of queries, and
> executes them on demand. My questions are about when to
> prepare what statements, how to best use contexts and
> connections (and how not to use them - because there seem
> to be some bugs around),... and I would also like to know
> how to check what's really going on? (Maybe I prepare all
> statements, but don't get any extra performance - how do
> I check what Oracle does behind the scenes,...)
>
> Can anybody point me to a good book about OCI, or online
> documentation? Maybe even hints about using some of the
> existing C++ wrappers instead?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter.

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