Preface

This document is a comprehensive user’s guide and reference to the ProC/C++. It shows you how to use the database language SQL and Oracle’s procedural extension, PL/SQL, in conjunction with ProC/C++ to manipulate data in an Oracle database. It explores a full range of topics, from underlying concepts to advanced programming techniques, and provides code examples.

This Preface contains these topics:

• Intended Audience

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Intended Audience

The ProC/C++ Developer’s Guide* is intended for developers, systems analysts, project managers, and other Oracle users who perform, or are interested in learning about, the following tasks:

• Design and develop software applications in the Oracle environment.

• Convert existing software applications to run in an Oracle environment.

• Manage the development of software applications.

To use this document, you need a working knowledge of applications programming in C and C++, and familiarity with the use of the Structured Query Language (SQL).

Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle C++ Call Interface Developer’s Guide

• Oracle Call Interface Developer’s Guide

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.