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{{short description |Programming language used with Oracle databases}}
'''Pro*C''' (also known as '''Pro*C/C++''') is an [[Embedded SQL|embedded SQL]] [[Programming language|programming language]] used by [[Software:Oracle Database|Oracle Database]] DBMSes.  Pro*C uses either C or [[C++]] as its host language.  During [[Compiler|compilation]], the embedded SQL statements are interpreted by a precompiler and replaced by C or C++ function calls to their respective [[SQL]] library.  The output from the Pro*C precompiler is standard C or C++ code that is then compiled by any one of several C or C++ compilers into an [[Executable|executable]].

==External links==
* [http://infolab.stanford.edu/%7Eullman/fcdb/oracle/or-proc.html Introduction to Pro*C Embedded SQL]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717193544/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/databases/2006/12/07/embedded-sql-with-pro-c.html |date=July 17, 2014 |title=Embedded SQL with Pro*C}}
* [https://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10825/toc.htm Oracle 11.2 Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide]

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[[Category:SQL]]
[[Category:C programming language family]]
[[Category:C (programming language)]]
[[Category:C++]]
[[Category:Oracle Database]]

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