You have way too much time on your hands Mike <g>. Keep in mind any of the
comments that follow are relative to the utilization of C++ to a database
environment. I don't believe C++ will give you ANY discernable speed
increase over Pascal (Delphi) or Visual Basic. Visual Basic in particular
VB7. VB7 and Visual C will use the Common Runtime Language, so the compiled
executable that is generated will be identical, thence no speed difference.
Even using C++ Builder, I don't think program development will come close to
the ease of working with a database utilizing either of the two RAD
development tools listed above. And with RBase, you are going to be hard
pressed to improve on the Oterro drivers performance even if you are using
one of the older RBase drivers and calling the API directly. This tact
ignores the rest of the industry using Microsoft's ADO model for Data and
Text manipulation and storage. I have been a developer for some time now
(both RBase and Real Estate) and at least on the Real Estate side, I have
learned some VERY EXPENSIVE lessons. When you are trying to be a pioneer
(developing land where there is no activity or indicators that there will
soon be) is perilous. When you are trying to progress at a steady and
dependable pace, you stick with mainstream concepts (develop land close to
where the action already exists, true the land is costlier and the return
may be smaller, but the probability of a return is greatest). I make it a
policy to never swim upstream. I have applied this theorem in my daily
operation for the last 20 years and I can personally attest to its
substantive effect on my business success.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MJS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rbase List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:34 PM
Subject: Callable Interface
> Dear Techno geeks,
>
> Is there a native callable interface (like Oracle's OCI) for Rbase
> (other than ODBC)? I'm trying to integrate a C++ front end with Rbase
> for the purpose of getting better speed and maybe a few features that
> aren't available via the ODBC driver that comes with Rbase (at least not
> yet!).
>
> TIA!
>
> Mike Sinclair
>
>
