Alternative replacements for OCI --- Okay?

Question

In the Borland Delphi world, there is a development library
known as ODAC (Oracle Data Access Components) URL is
http://www.crlab.com/home.html )
This product claims to access an Oracle server directly without
the need for SQL*NET or OCI. Reports are that this product is
blindingly fast. Other products exists for using Delphi with
Oracle, but they all rely on the Oracle client being installed.
My questions are these:
1) Is this product legal in accordance with Oracle's licensing
terms?
2) Does Oracle care how their database is accessed?
Thanks,
Charles

Answer 1

I am developing at home classes for embedded dynamic SQL using
OCI(Oracle Call Interface) which are simple to use. The complexity of
OCI/RDB is hidden and OCI access is lightning fast!
RDB* rdbx = new RDB("landon/password@sid"); // instantiate
// create array of structures, one structure per row
// structure elements are column values...then:
rdbx->insert_structs(address of array of structures); or reverse
rdbx->select_structs(address of array of structures);
When I am through developing, I'll have classes that access the table
(desc) and design the access methods(similar to OTT or JPublisher
(JAVA)).
Bottom line: class RDB access methods are automatically provided
without the overhead of ODBC. Hence the RDB, the network and the
host types disappear!!
These are free to anybody. [email protected]
Using Oracle Net8, the type of host is transparent as is the network.
These OCI classes transport easily to UNIX (I've only tried Solaris).
I bought a new workstation and am installing Oracle under Redhat Linux 7.2