1. Programmer's Guide
  2. Changes in This Release for Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide

Changes in This Release for Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide

This preface lists changes in Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide.

Changes in Pro*C/C++ Release 18c, Version 18.1

New Features

The following feature is new in this release:

  • Support for Oracle Connection Manager in Traffic Director Mode

    Oracle Connection Manager in Traffic Director Mode is a proxy that is placed between supported database clients and database instances for improved high availability, connection multiplexing, and load balancing.

    See About Using Oracle Connection Manager in Traffic Director Mode for more information.

Changes in Pro*C/C++ 12c Release 2 (12.2)

New Features

The following features are new in this release:

  • Pro*C/C++ now supports identifier lengths of 128 bytes. In previous releases, the identifier length limit was 30 bytes.

  • Pro*C/C++ now supports Oracle Instant Client - Basic Light version.

  • Pro*C/C++ now introduces a new command line option “trim_password”, to prevent authentication issues caused by password strings that contain trailing blank space.

  • High Availability features such as Transaction Guard are implemented in the OCI layer. For more information, see the Call Interface Programmer’s Guide.