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DBD-Oracle (1.17)

DBD::Oracle doesn't support array interface, transparent application
failover or bulk loading. It's a concept software only, good for showing
how to connect useless for production. Using DBD::Oracle in production
can mean severe performance penalty. Developers and maintainers are stubbornly refusing to provide these features.

Mladen Gogala - 2006-06-15 14:15:15
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DBD-Oracle (1.16)

only problems with instalation

abensiatris - 2005-12-20 07:06:08
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DBD-Oracle (1.17)

A real pain to install, but worth it.

Don't look upon the install as setting up just another perl module: look on it as (a) bringing the wonderful world of Oracle to your snuggly perl nest (b) helping you avoid other, nastier languages (c) increasing your day rate.

Read the README and POD, and then Google.

*** You will need Oracle client libraries on the machine for which you're installing this module.*** You can use the Oracle CD or get free copies from their site.

Lee Goddard - 2005-11-09 01:47:55
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DBD-Oracle (1.15)

Installing is not easy. Once installed - a great interface with support to many Oracle's features. Tested with 9i and 10g.

This is my procedure for AIX 5.2 (32 bit) DBD::Oracle perl 5.8.0 aix-thread-multi install:

1. Set ORACLE_HOME and check perl with perl -V to see how it was
copmiled
type:
export LANG=C
export ORACCENV='cc=xlc_r' # my perl -V says cc_r
perl Makefile.PL -m $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms32.mk
2. fix Makfile by replacing the line with OTHERLDFLAGS = -q32
with OTHERLDFLAGS = -q32
( s/^OTHERLDFLAGS = -q32/OTHERLDFLAGS = -b32/)
3. type
make
make test
make install

Oded S. Resnik - 2005-10-12 00:32:31
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DBD-Oracle (1.16)

Very performant interface.

Frank Juedes - 2005-06-02 11:33:07
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DBD-Oracle (1.16)

Here is the detailed step-by-step instruction how to install DBD-Oracle-1.16 on Sparc Solaris 9 with Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 client installed.

http://www.zorranlabs.com/articles/step-by-step-installation-dbd-oracle-1.16-on-solaris-9-and-oracle-9-client.htm

Alex Zarutin - 2004-12-21 21:15:18
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DBD-Oracle (1.16)

good

bxucpp - 2004-11-29 21:03:03
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DBD-Oracle (1.15)

The build was simple enough. I used the method Sean Kelly stated of changing the <ORACLE_HOME>/lib to <ORACLE_HOME>/lib32 in the make file. I didn't like that it had to connect to a database for testing but how the heck else are you going to test it right? I'm just about to use it but it does look very promising.

Anthony Slay - 2004-09-15 14:35:14
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DBD-Oracle (1.14)

An absolute pig to install on Solaris 8 using Oracle 9 and gcc. Forget trying this combination through the CPAN "install DBD::Oracle" method.

I ended up diving into the Makefile to change all product/9.0.1/lib's to lib32's and I had to remove a load of "-o build" from CC statements so that things would work.

Once compiled it seemed to work fine - just as good as any other DBD:: for my needs.

Sean Kelly - 2003-11-12 03:05:09
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DBD-Oracle (1.14)

I've built severl DBD-Oracle modules over the years. Each seems to get progresively worse. While the 1.14 release builds and runs very well on Linux, a similar configuration on an HP-UX 11.0 system fails miserably.
This was the first version I've seen where the Makefile.PL script actually refused to run without modifications. After a week and a half of work and trying every conceiveable configuration option, the module still refuses to load for testing.
I realize part of this is Oracle's fault due to the construction of their libraries and internal makefiles, but it seems that v1.14 will not operate properly in an HP-UX 64-bit environment. This is unfortunate since most of our customers use HP rather than Linux.
I hope that I have time to do some serious work on this and build a working bundle.

Ralph Hughes - 2003-09-24 06:21:02
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DBD-Oracle (1.14)

I have used this module without any difficulties on Solaris 2.6 with Oracle 7.3.4 for years (OK, I need to upgrade, but ConText text retrieval and Oracle Text are incompatible so there is a porting effort needed for a legacy application using the same database, without the DBI, when money is available :-).

Robert Weissler - 2003-09-19 10:25:09
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DBD-Oracle (1.14)

Solid and reliable. Also implements a number of useful Oracle-specific features.

Only minor issues:
* 1.14 can be a little tricky to build on some platforms against Oracle 9i (mostly due to Oracle changing the 32bit and 64bit libraries around).
* Not all the private functions are documented; e.g. $dbh->reauthenticate.

Andy Hassall - 2003-09-17 14:55:00
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DBD::Oracle / DBD-Oracle (1.14)

Installation was somewhat confusing since tests
require Oracle DB access and I didn't see this
documented. Currently experiencing some problems
with portability due to the need to redefine
LD_LIBRARY_PATH if Oracle is not installed in
same absolute path on all systems. Otherwise,
it works great and simplifies Oracle DB access.

Wayne Bower - 2003-09-15 11:03:14
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DBD-Oracle (1.14)

Provides Oracle access seamlessly intregrated in the standard DBI
framework.

Most of Oracle's features, including a number of quite specific ones,
are supported, and for the few bits that are missing it is not too
difficult to add it yourself.

Kristian Nielsen - 2003-09-09 00:07:37
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DBD-Oracle (1.14)

There's something broken with this version. Can't build it under Redhat 8 with a 2.4.18-27.8.0smp kernel.

Gordon - 2003-08-15 07:49:46
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