Oracle Call Interface - Zimbio

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Reliable - the Oracle Database executes SQL Statements with OCI.

Oracle Call Interface (OCI) is the most comprehensive, high performance, native 'C' language based interface to the Oracle Database that exposes the full power of the Oracle Database. OCI provides the foundation on which various language specific interfaces such as Oracle JDBC-OCI, ODP.Net, Oracle Precompilers, Oracle ODBC and Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI) drivers are built. OCI is also used by leading Open Source interfaces such as the PHP OCI8 extension, ruby-oci8, Perl DBD::oracle and Python cx_oracle. OCI being the native interface to the Oracle Database also powers queries, statements and calls issued by the Oracle Database kernel internally. Various Oracle tools such as SQL*Plus, Real Application Testing (RAT), SQL*Loader and Data-Pump are also OCI based. In addition, Oracle In-Memory Database Cache (IMDB Cache a.k.a. TimesTen) supports OCI and Oracle Pro*C/C++ Pre-compilers. Oracle Instant Client gives ISVs and customers the ability to quickly install and deploy Oracle applications. See the Oracle Instant Client site for more information.

A broad range of customers including Fortune 500 customers and ISVs employ OCI directly for developing high performance applications.

What's New in Oracle Database 11g R1 & 11g R2

The new features in Oracle Database 11g Release 2 include:

• Ease of Day-Light Savings Transition (DLST) Upgrades: Support for different version of Timezone files on clients and servers under certain scenarios
• DRCP available to custom connection pools; and better connection monitoring support for DBAs.
  • new gv$cpool_conn_info view
• Non-intrusive Performance Acceleration thru Table Annotation for Client-side Query Result Cache
• Ref Cursor Pre-Fetching - saves roundtrips to the database
• 64-bit Integer Host Datatype for OCI Bind and Define calls

The new features in Oracle Database 11g Release 1 include:

• OCI and Precompilers support for In-Memory Database Cache 11g (formerly TimesTen)
  • IMDB and IMDB Cache integration
• Database Resident Connection Pool (DRCP)
• Query Change Notification
• Client Query Result Cache
• Runtime Connection Load Balancing in OCI Session Pool
• Binding and Defining Multiple Buffers in a single call
• Implicit Fetching of Rowids in SELECT ... FOR UPDATE
• Prefetching of LOB data
• SecureFiles LOB APIs
• XDB Binary XML
• Drop-in compatibility with 10g
• Fault Diagnosability

OCI Private Clients: IFC to Provide US$ 100M Loan to OCI - diigo

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Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) announced today that the
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank
Group, will provide a US$ 100 million loan to Orascom Construction
(OC), the Company's wholly-owned construction subsidiary. The loan will
be used to finance the operations of the company as well as ongoing and
new projects.





Salman Butt, Chief Financial Officer of OCI, commented, "securing this
loan will provide Orascom Construction with the necessary capital to
expand its operations across the region. We are pleased with the IFC's
continued commitment to the company as well as the country and look
forward to further developing our longstanding relationship in the
future."



Mouayed Makhlouf, IFC Director for the Middle East and North Africa,
said, "by supporting a group like Orascom Construction, we want to send
the signal that Egypt has long-term potential. This investment fits
with our strategy of boosting confidence in Egypt's private sector, a
major contributor to employment."



About Orascom Construction Industries



OCI is one of Egypt's largest corporations employing more than 72,000
people in 35 countries around the globe. The OCI Fertilizer Group owns
and operates nitrogen fertilizer plants in Egypt, the Netherlands, the
United States, and Algeria and has an international distribution
platform spanning from the Americas to Asia. The OCI Fertilizer Group
ranks among the world's top fertilizer producers with a production
capacity which will exceed 7.0 million metric tons in 2012. The OCI
Construction Group provides international engineering and construction
services primarily on infrastructure, industrial and high-end
commercial projects in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for
public and private clients. The OCI Construction Group ranks among the
world's top global contractors.