From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aebfabc06e1feb33 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-25 02:35:11 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!terra.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!gwu.edu!seas.gwu.edu!ckann From: ckann@seas.gwu.edu (Charles W. Kann) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Interface GNAT with Oracle Date: 24 Oct 1994 00:12:03 GMT Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <38eu4j$re0@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> References: <389@sphinx.CSS.GOV> <389mi6$ql0@newsbf01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1994-10-24T00:12:03+00:00 List-Id: WLawton (wlawton@aol.com) wrote: : In article <389@sphinx.CSS.GOV>, jeffe@sphinx.CSS.GOV (Jeff Etrick) : writes: : > : > I am currently converting one of our applications to Ada9x using GNAT. : >Has anyone tried interfacing GNAT with any databases (eg. Oracle) : > : I have spent the last two weeks attempting to discuss Ada-9x and GNAT with : the good (?) people at Oracle. Out of three technical reps, four : salespeople, and two semi-managers, I found ONE who knew what Ada was. : That individual stated that Oracle was committed to compliance with the : latest standards. He promptly faxed me three pages from the Pro*Ada : reference manuals identifying the various levels/standards of SQL that : Oracle supported. : Even this former Marine knows when to quit hitting his head against the : wall. : Does anyone else know of a DBMS that will operate with GNAT? Preferably : with an existing Ada interface? : And SQL support, as long as I am dreaming? : Vendors feel free to reply. Summary will be posted if I recieve more than : two responses. : Wayne R. Lawton Any database which has a C interface should run with GNAT using the PRAGMA IMPORT. I know you could do this with SYBASE, but it would take some work. -- chuck kann ckann@seas.gwu.edu