Case Study: DuPont Pharmaceuticals achieves instant, in-database advanced statistical analysis with Rogue Wave Software's IMSL

Consultant's Combination of Oracle and IMSL® Creates Winning Solution for Fortune 500 Company

DuPont Pharmaceuticals, a DuPont subsidiary focused on high‑throughput drug discovery, needed to analyze massive biological result sets held in a large Oracle database. Their consultant required more powerful, C‑based statistical routines that could run inside Oracle; they selected Rogue Wave Software’s IMSL C Numerical Library (CNL) / IMSL to provide the advanced mathematical and statistical functions.

Using Oracle’s external procedure feature, the consultant integrated Rogue Wave Software’s IMSL library directly into PL/SQL so Oracle could call IMSL C functions in‑place. The solution eliminated slow file export workflows, delivered complex analyses almost instantly, and gave researchers immediate access to advanced statistics—boosting productivity and reducing development effort (IMSL claims up to a 95% reduction in programming time) while making critical results available “with a button click.”

DuPont Pharmaceuticals

Stephen J. Cottrell

Consultant