[Info-vax] Oracle client on VMS Integrity

[Hein RMS van den Heuvel]

On Nov 25, 8:41 am, vancouver <vancouvercan... at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Chris,
> The precompilers are probably installed with a server installation,

Nah. Pre-compilers are clearly Client side thingies.
How could they possible come with a server whoch might run on a
completely different platform?! That's not to say they would not come
with a server install, just that they must come with a client install.


> On Nov 25, 6:18 am, Chris Townley <cctown... at googlemail.com> wrote:

> > I have installed the Oracle 10G release 2 client onto a VMS Integrity
> > 8.3-1H1 cluster, and I can happily connect to various dbs using SQL
> > Plus.

Have you installed the patch kit right away?
If not, you'll be very unhappy later on when you find out that the
libclntsh.so is build with a date based exact GSMATCH, instead of a
generic 10/2 major/minor.
That'll get you (un)deserved : SHRIDMISMAT,  ident mismatch with
shareable image

>
> > However my aim is to use the Pro*C pre-compiler, and I cannot get this
> > to play ball. The installation seems to have various empty directories
> > - specifically the config file and demo bits.

Last install I did a few weeks back was 'custom' as to get the SQL*ldr
and other utilities and I know I successfully got a working Pro*C out
of that.
I seem to recall it comes with the default install, but you may want
to go custom.

If you continue to have problem, either contact Oracle support, or be
SPECIFIC about how it does not play ball. Exact commands ? Error
messages? Names of file/directories assumed to be missing (and what
made you believe they should be there ?!)

 > > pcscfg.cfg ?

I have that file in an ALLPHA oracle client home /precom./admin
But the first version has useles crud refering to non applicable
directories and the higher version are alls empty files.
I don't have those file under my Itanium root, and the Pro*Cobol
compiler seems to work fine. Must try Pro*C to make sure at some
point.

Regards,
Hein van den Heuvel