Article:		Installing Oracle 9i on Mac OS X, Part 2
Subject:		Oracle does not support application developers
Date:		2002-11-23 19:36:54
From:		ygor
I am working on a project in Linux that collects data from hardware and puts it into an Oracle database. The tools I am trying to use are Oracle Call Interface (OCI) and Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI). Oracle does not want programmers like me working down at the OCI/OCCI level. These API's are sparsely documented and poorly supported. Also, an "Oracle Installation" is a huge beast with many bells and whistles that are unused by anyone less than a mega-corporate enterprise level user. I find MySQL much easier to program to and much more configurable to one's needs and requirements.

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• Oracle does not support application developers
  2004-10-21 09:48:05  psybertramp [View]
  
  
  Last time I used OCI was w/ v5. It makes no sense to work in OCI, cuz writing embedded SQL makes so much more sense and is lots faster. just run it thru the pre-compiler & voilá! there's your OCI.
  
  mySQL is fine, but there's so much missing from it that I haven't spent any more time on it, now that Larry has Oracle back on the Macintosh.
  
  BTW, I heard these same comments about 'easier to program', etc. from my DOS buddies back when I started programming the Mac in the mid-80's.