1. SODA for C Developers Guide
  2. SODA for C Prerequisites

1 SODA for C Prerequisites

SODA for C is an integral part of Oracle Call Interface (OCI) starting with Oracle Database Release 18c (18.1).

To use SODA for C, ensure the following:

  • You have Oracle Call Interface 18.3 or later.

  • You have Oracle Database 18c or later.

  • The database character set is AL32UTF8, which implements Unicode UTF-8.

You compile programs that use SODA for C the same way you compile other OCI programs.

See Also:

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide for information about building and configuring OCI applications