Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Contact Us!

How to Contact Oracle Technical Publications

How to Contact Oracle Support Services

Resources for Oracle Partners and Developers

Preface

Prerequisites

Intended Audience

How This Guide Is Organized

Conventions

Documentation Library

Related Documents

1 Introducing the Oracle Call Interface

What is the Oracle Call Interface?

Release 8.1 New Features

OCI Release 7.x Functions

What is Included in the OCI Package?

Oracle Directory Structure

Sample Programs

2 Building OCI Applications

Writing OCI Applications

Compiling OCI Applications

Linking OCI Applications

oci.lib

Client DLL Loading When Using LoadLibrary()

Running OCI Applications

The Oracle XA Library

Compiling and Linking an OCI Program with the Oracle XA Library

XA Dynamic Registration

Adding an Environmental Variable for the Current Session

Adding a Registry Variable for All Sessions

XA and TP Monitor Information

Using the Object Type Translator and the INTYPE File Assistant

Index