db.open-oci8i

function

Library: Database access (OMDB)
Import : omdb.xmd

Returns: A db.database object for the opened database connection.

Declaration

export external database function 
   open-oci8i          value string database-name
                  user value string user-name optional initial { "" }
              password value string password  optional initial { "" }

Argument definitions

database-name: is the name of the Oracle database to which you want to connect.

user-name: is the user name that will be supplied to the database when the connection is made.

password: is the password that will be supplied to the database when the connection is made.

Purpose

The function db.open-oci8i was used to create a connection to an Oracle database using an Oracle 8i client installation; however, connectivity using OCI8i is no longer supported.

Related Topics

Using the OMDB library
db.open-odbc
db.open-oci9i
db.open-oci10g
db.open-oci11g
db.database

Other Library Functions

db.advance-recordset
db.close
db.commit
db.compile-statement
db.database
db.delete
db.discard
db.execute
db.execute-in
db.field
db.insert
db.is-null
db.move-dynamic-record
db.move-record
db.open-oci10g
db.open-oci11g
db.open-oci8i
db.open-oci9i
db.open-odbc
db.open-procedure
db.open-table
db.prepare
db.procedure
db.query
db.reader
db.record-exists
db.rollback
db.set-transaction-type
db.statement
db.streaming-execute
db.table
db.update
db.writer