On 20/01/2013 20:35, kmx wrote:
Hi Lyle,
The main reason is probably no demand for such a thing (+ other
reasons like complicated build procedure, license agreements for
Oracle stuff ...)
I came across a few posts from people getting stuck trying to get it
working with Strawberry. So I guess there is some demand. Looks like a
lot of people are just giving up an installing ActivePerl instead.
If you are willing to spend some time on testing I can include
DBD::Oracle (in "ActivePerl way") in the next strawberry perl release.
I'll give this a go. However, I'm just finishing my dissertation so
might not be able to do much for about 3 months.
I have prepared pre-build distributions - for Strawberry Perl 5.16.2.x
(32/64bit), linked with Oracle Instant Client 11.2.0.3.0:
http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/perl-modules-par/DBD-Oracle-1.56-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.16.2.par
http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/perl-modules-par/DBD-Oracle-1.56-MSWin32-x64-multi-thread-5.16.2.par
You can install them into strawberry perl simply by running:
c:\> pip <par_file_url>
You also need Oracle Instant Client 11.2.0.3.0 + put it in your PATH
(it might also work with other versions) - no SDK, just Client
It would be nice if you can install + test the above mentioned *.par
with a real Oracle DB.
I only have Oracle 10g & 11g XE. But if it worked with them I don't see
any reason why it wouldn't with a full version.
Lyle
On 20.1.2013 20:18, Lyle wrote:
Hi All,
I noticed Strawberry didn't come with DBD::Oracle. What was the
reason for that?
I've just built DBD::Oracle on Windows 7 with Perl 5.16.2 x64 with
all tests passing. I added how I did it as comments to the Pythan
article here:
http://www.pythian.com/news/11115/dbdoracle-and-windows-64bit/#comment-1385661
I can see that this has been in RT for a while:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=48796
ActivePerl ships with DBD::Oracle, although you have to download the
client libraries yourself. This would appear to be the only feasible
way forward. As it stands people are either having to:
1) Download the DBD::Oracle sources, download the client libraries,
compile and build. This is time consuming, especially if you want the
tests to pass as the documentation isn't clear.
2) Download the ActivePerl ppm, download the client libraries, hope
you have the right client libraries and the path set right so it works.
If Strawberry Perl came with DBD::Oracle and clear instructions on
how to install the client libraries, or better still, the installer
had an option for downloading and installing them for you, I think
that would be best.
Thoughts?
Lyle
