I'll let those motivated by actual need do the work and send me a tested patch :)
Thanks.
Tim.
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 05:19:35PM +0100, Nick Gorham wrote:
> Tim Bunce wrote:
>
> > For VMS I need tested patches - I'm not able to test on VMS myself.
> >
> > Tim.
>
> Not sure if you want to know this, but Compac (Or Hpac :-) have some
> publically available VMS machines available (I think they had Oracle on
> AFAIK.
>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 01:44:29PM -0400, John Peacock wrote:
> > > Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > >
> > > > file: $CPAN/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBD-Oracle-1.12.tar.gz
> > > > size: 172858 bytes
> > > > md5: 89f33ade9fbbdb09e07178339ee44f4f
> > > >
> > >
> > > More feedback. Under VMS using Oracle7, it is required to use the
> > > LNOCIC linker file instead of the LNPROC in order to get the files to
> > > link properly. I cannot confirm that this is true with the full blown
> > > Oracle, as we only have the Oracle client libraries (plus what demo
> > > files were needed to build DBD::Oracle). I know that I sent you an
> > > e-mail about this last year, but it probably slipped off your list.
> > >
> > > You should also be aware that the test suite (t/*.t) does not print out
> > > properly under VMS, due to the way that output is handled. The tests
> > > run, but they print out like this:
> > >
> > > t/base..............
> > > ok
> > > t/general...........
> > > ok
> > > t/long..............
> > > ok
> > > t/ph_type...........
> > > ok
> > > t/plsql.............
> > > ok
> > >
> > > If it would help, I can try and type up a README.vms with some of the
> > > gotchas that are likely to strike. For example, in order to run the
> > > tests successfully on a remote database, ORACLE_USERID must be set
> > >
> > > define ORACLE_USERID "scott/tiger@database"
> > >
> > > which is how VMS sets %ENV variables.
> > >
> > > In addition, I thought I would point out that your README.login is
> > > not helpful; it suggests using 'perldoc DBD::Oracle' to read the module
> > > documentation. However, if I'm are trying to test, I haven't yet
> > > installed the module, so
> > >
> > > Or use 'perldoc Oracle.pm' if you have not yet installed the
> > > module.
> > >
> > > would be an appropriate addition.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > John
> > >
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