From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-07-16T17:52:15+09:00
Subject: Re: scripting language (fwd)


"Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:37-1673990922.20040716083653@soyabean.com.au...
> On Friday, July 16, 2004, 5:25:47 AM, Jamis wrote:
>
> > What I would like is to remove the Oracle client as a dependency, just
> > as the Oracle JDBC (thin) client does. The thin (as opposed to the
oci)
> > Oracle JDBC client implements in pure Java the network protocols that
> > communicate with the Oracle database server.
>
> > This means that the thin client will ultimately be less responsive
than
> > the oci client, but its GREAT for working on your own machine.
>
> > I'm hoping that something like this can be written for Ruby, in Ruby,
> > without the need to create an extension module in C to bridge into the
> > Oracle OCI stuff (which is what the current ruby oracle module does).
>
> Couldn't the thin client be written in C and then wrapped in every
> scripting language imaginable?  If so, *is* there an Oracle thin
> client library written in C already?

AFAIK there is a lib containing the OCI code (pure C).  So IMHO it should
be feasible to build a shared lib for each platform supported by Oracle
and link Oracle's code in.

Then there's still the legal issue.  I figure Oracle could be grateful for
each added language with built in Oracle support.

But I may be wrong.

    robert