This section describes new features of Pro*C/C++ releases and provides pointers to additional information. New features information from previous releases is also retained to help those users migrating to the current release.
The following sections describe the new features in Oracle Pro*C/C++:
The following are the new features in the Pro*C/C++ application in Oracle11g Release 1:
With this enhancement, the SQL99 syntax for SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE statements and the body of the cursor in a DECLARE CURSOR statement will be supported.
By using the outline feature, you can ensure that the performance of the database is not affected when modules are integrated and deployed into different environments.
Using Additional Array Insert/Select Syntax
The array INSERT and array SELECT syntax of DB2 precompiler is now supported by Pro*C/C++.
Using Implicit Buffered Insert
Pro*C/C++ supports implicit buffering of a single INSERT statement executed in a loop.
Statement caching can be used to improve the performance of dynamic SQL statements.
A new command line option EVENTS={YES|NO} has been added to support Publish-Subscribe event notification.
There is no new Windows specific feature in Pro*C/C++ for this release.