Re: Interface GNAT with Oracle

[brydenc@okinawa.usmc.mil (Chris Bryden)]

In message <Cy71ny.5qx@ois.com>, beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith) writes:

>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.  
>
>Sybase has an Ada Products Manager.  His name is Mitch Selbiger,
>mitch@sybase.com.
>
>: 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?
>
>No dreaming necessary.  We develop and support the Sybase's Ada bindings.
>We will have GNAT versions soon.  Check with the Mitch for details.
>
>: Vendors feel free to reply.  Summary will be posted if I recieve more than
>: two responses.
>
>Thanks for the invite.
>
>: Wayne R. Lawton
>
>... Bill
>
>-- 
>e-mail: Bill.Beckwith@ois.com       |    Team Ada
>Objective Interface Systems, Inc.   | dist, full O-O
>1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 250 | multithreading
>Reston, VA  22091-5448  U.S.A.      |    built in


USMC gu