have him read this http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/pdf/oracledrcp11g.pdf
takes about 5 mins to set up with I think only 2 psql command and an equal number to shut down cheers :) John On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Scott T. Hildreth < shild...@scotth.emsphone.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 13:04 -0400, John Scoles wrote: > > John Scoles wrote: > > > > Nobody wants to play with my new toy? > > > > I will, waiting for our dba to setup the DRCP for me. > > > :( > > > > > Well it is finally here the 'two bit' version of DBD::Oracle 1.25 > > > > > > You can find the release candidate here > > > > > > > http://svn.perl.org/modules/dbd-oracle/trunk/DBD-Oracle-1.25-RC1.tar.gz > > > > > > Any and all testing will be most welcome! > > > > > > The big add in this time is support for DRCP (Database Resident > Connection > > > Pool) if you happen to be using 11g or later > > > > > > As well 'get_info' has been greatly expanded > > > > > > Plus the the usual hodgepodge of bug fixes detailed below > > > > > > Added support for the OCIPing by John Scoles > > > Spell checked the pod (the first time in a while me thinks) updated > the > > > todo By John Scoles > > > Added support for DCRP (Database Resident Connection Pooling) by John > > > Scoles with Luben Karavelov > > > Fix for odd error with Ping from Tom Payerle > > > Removed the NEW_OCI_INIT compile directive and the deprecated > > > OCIInitialize calls > > > Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=57256 : Double free problem in > dbdimp.c by > > > John Scoles > > > Fix for invalid format in trace of OCILobLocatorIsInit_log_stat > reported > > > by Martin Evans Fixed by John Scoles > > > Fix for very odd UNKNOWN OCI STATUS 1041 (OCILobFreeTemporary) on > > > disconnect reported by John Parker and Bob Mcgowan fixed by John Scoles > > > Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=55445: get_info(28) SQL_IDENTIFIER_CASE > seems > > > to return the wrong value from Martin J Evans and a bunch of re jigging > from > > > John Scoles > > > Patch for PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too > > > small from Scott T. Hildreth > > > Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=51594 type_info and type_info_all miss > vital > > > information from John Scoles > > > Added ora_lob_is_init function by John Scoles > > > Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=55031 Ubuntu Server Building with > Oracle XE > > > under 32-bit from Brian Candler > > > Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=56810 bug with multiple nested cursor > from > > > John Scoles > > > Fix for bug found only on Big-Endian hardware reported by Timothy > Everett > > > and others from Charles Jardine > > > Fix for memory leak when using prepared_cached and lobs reported by > Mark > > > Bobak and Martin Evans found and fixed by John Scoles and a test from > Martin > > > Evans > > > Added more entries to the Readmes from John Scoles > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > John Scoles > > > > > > -- > > > New! Learn why & how to love your data with Pythian's new webinar > series. > > > Topics, details & register: http://www.pythian.com/webinars > > > > > > > > -- New! Learn why & how to love your data with Pythian's new webinar series. Topics, details & register: http://www.pythian.com/webinars