Oracle 8 question

[bchau]

I read some where that Oracle 8 doesn't support the ExteralLDA pointer anymore, is this true?
In Oracle 8, is the ExternalSVC is a replacement for the ExternalLDA in Oracle 7.x. If it's true, then How am I go about using it between an Exe and a Dll?

 

[1Adi]

According to the DOA documentation, only the advanced features in ORA8 will be disabled.
To play it safe, I use ExternalLDA with Preferences|UseOCI7=True.

 

[bchau]

I would like to, but the company database is upgrading from Oracle 7.x to Oracle 8, that's why I need to modified my code to use the OCI8. I read in DOA's version 3.33, the TOracleSession has properties call "Share" and ExternalSVC, etc..., does this work like ExternalLDA in OCI7?
If yes, can someone provide me some example.
Thanks

 

[Marco Kalter]

You should probably use the TOracleSession.Share procedure, which is new in 3.3.3 and is transparent for OCI7 and OCI8 (SQL*Net and Net8). You can download a demo that uses various methods to share a session between a host application and a DLL (but not between multiple executables!):

http://www.allroundautomations.nl/download/dlldemo.zip

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Marco Kalter
Allround Automations

 

[bchau]

Hi Marco,
Thanks for the information, but I've done a few application with Exe calling Dll.
Is there any solution or way to get around to share on OracleSession with multiple Exe?