Pro*C is another one of those tools or features from Oracle that
keeps a low profile, quietly waiting its turn for you to use it
when the need arises. With a little searching on various Oracle-
related Web sites, you can read about how others have used Pro*C
to greatly reduce processing time for some operation or
procedure. One of C's features, being a compiled language, is
its processing speed. You may find yourself in a situation where
Oracle lacks the heavy duty processing speed you need, but at
the same time, find that your external application (written in C
or C++) lacks the data processing capabilities of Oracle. What
is Pro*C? The Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Getting Started for Windows
guide found in the Oracle documentation library starts off with
this The Pro*C/C++ precompiler enables you to create
applications that access your Oracle database whenever rapid
development and compatibility with other systems are your
priorities. programming tool enables you to embed Structured
Query Language (SQL) statements