OC++ILIB是一个跨平台的Oracle驱动程序，可提供非常快速和可靠地访问Oracle数据库。它提供了一个丰富，功能齐全，并易于使用的API 。OCILIB 支持运行的所有Oracle平台。
主要的功能包括：
&">nbsp; *提供了丰富的，功能齐全且易于使用的API
*运行在所有Oracle平台
*是用纯的ISO C代码与本地的ISO ç Unicode支持
* OCI封装（甲骨文调用接口）
*是最完整的可保监包装
该版本增加对 Oracle XA 连接的支持，增加对 TAF(Transparent Application Failover) 和 HA (高可用性) 的支持，支持语句缓存，支持 Oracle 10gR2 的连接属性，修复了一些bug。
OCILIB v3.9.0 (2011-04-27)发行说明：
·Added support for Oracle XA connectivity (X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing XA interface)
·Added support for TAF (Transparent Application Failover) and HA (High availability)
·Added support for statement cache
·Added support for Connection attributes introduced in Oracle 10gR2
·Miscellaneous new API calls and tuning
·Miscellaneous changes
·Miscellaneous fixes
安装说明：
Windows platforms
unzip the archive copy ocilib\include\ocilib.h to any place located in your include’s path copy ocilib\lib32|64\ocilib[x].lib to any place located in your libraries path copy ocilib\lib32|64\ocilib[x].dll to any place located in your windows path
GNU (Unix / Linux) platforms
untar the archive $ cd ocilib-x.y.z $ ./
configure $ ./make $ ./make install (you might need to `su` to make install) Make sure Oracle library path and the ocilib library path are
defined in your shared library variable (LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBPATH….)
Compatibilities
Current sources are pure ISO C and should compile with any C90 compliant compiler Validated platforms : Windows, Linux, HP/UX,
Solaris, AIX, Mac OS X, OpenVMS Validated compilers : Microsoft C/C++ compilers, GCC, MinGW, IMB XLC, LabView, various CCs Validated Oracle versions : 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g