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Environment requirements
- Hardware platform: x86_64
- OS: CentOS/RedHat Linux release 7.2
- Compiler: GCC 4.8
Preparations
Before you use OceanBase Embedded SQL in C (ECOB) to develop your applications, ensure that the following steps are performed:
Install ECOB and deploy the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) compiler.
Install OceanBase Database V2.2.71 or later.
Configure the environment variable TNS_ADMIN on the host, create the tnsnames.ora file, and write the connection string information into this file.