SV: [Mono-list] Automake: System.Data.OracleClient

[tim@timcoleman.com]

Well, it might be possible to do it using the OCI without any glue
at all.  In fact, that would be the preferred situation.  Daniel
had a heck of a time trying to get the marshalling to work properly with
it.  I think it should be feasible.  I don't know a lot about marshalling,
but interop gurus could definitely be helpful.

Of course, figuring out what libraries to link against could be a
struggle in itself.  What were you using?  I suppose I could try
some more and see what happens.

Thanks,

Tim


> Microsoft's System.Data.OracleClient.dll doesn't use any glue-library.
> Perhaps we should investigate further why _we_ have to? 
> 
> Note: I have tried to modify the code in
> mcs/class/System.Data.OracleClient/System.Data.OracleClient to connect
> without the glue, but have so far failed.
> 
> Any interop-gurus who can shed some light on the matter?
> 
> Best regards
> Steinar Herland
> 
> 
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> Emne: [Mono-list] Automake: System.Data.OracleClient
> 
> Howdy folks,
> 
> I picked up where Daniel Morgan left off with the Mono OracleClient,
> and this client uses a "glue" library to connect the managed provider
> with the unmanaged Oracle call interface (OCI).  This is written in
> C.  Daniel had written makefiles for Borland and Visual C; I created
> a simple make file that works with GCC on my system.  
> 
> I was wondering how easy it would be to create some sort of automake
> solution that would build this automatically as part of the class
> library build.  I know very little about automake, so I'm willing
> to take any suggestions, code, whatever.  If you want to do it yourself,
> you're more than welcome.
> 
> Before we build the code, I think that it should probably be moved
> from its present home, but for now it works where it is.  It's
> in mcs/class/System.Data.OracleClient/System.Data.OracleClient.
> The two source files are ociglue.c and ociglue.h.
> 
> The makefile must make use of the user's install Oracle client
> libraries,
> and if these aren't detected, then the glue library probably shouldn't
> be built.  In fact, in light of this, maybe the OCI glue library should
> be in a separate module.  I'm not really sure what the best policy is
> for something like this.
> 
> Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Tim Coleman <tim@timcoleman.com>                       [43.43 N 80.45 W]
> BMath, Honours Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo
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