On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 07:25:33AM -0400, Dave Paris wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I've got a couple developers who are interested in using Oracle::OCI to > handle BLOB/CLOB interactions with a 9i instance. (yes, I know DBD::Oracle > will do this nicely - I'm looking for factual points about the O::O module) > > A couple quick questions: > a) is Oracle::OCI actively supported?
Er, perhaps. Depends on your definition of active and support :) > b) will Oracle::OCI be available on CPAN at any time in the near future? It is: http://search.cpan.org/~timb/Oracle-OCI-0.06/ but it seems it's not indexed properly. > c) what's the long-term outlook for Oracle::OCI? The concept is good. The implementation is alpha. I'm swamped with DBI work at the moment. It's seems likely that if I ever did get much time to work on it I'd probably work on a Parrot NCI implementation instead. Though the code generation backend ought to be pluggable so interfaces to Perl 5, Parrot, and others, can be developed. Meanwhile, others has expressed interest in working on Oracle::OCI, but no one has started any active development. Also meanwhile, I'd recommend you study the new LOB Locator support in DBD::Oracle 1.15. Tim.
