Sorry I did not get a chance to test this before the release, but I have had a couple of problems building the new version, and any advice would be welcome. So far I have:
Platform: Tru64 Unix V5.1 2650 alpha, native compiler Oracle: 8.1.7 Perl: 5.8.7 Problem 1: cc: Error: Oracle.xs, line 269: In this statement, "startp" is not declared. (undeclared) ME: startp declaration has been commented out in this version, so I uncommented it to continue Problem 2: dbdimp.c and oci8.c look like DOS files, and the compiler complains about carriage returns ME: dos2unix both files to continue Problem 3: unresolved t/01base................Failed to load Oracle extension and/or shared libraries: install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/u02/devel/src/cpan_dist/modules/DBD-Oracle-1.18/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/ Oracle.so' for module DBD::Oracle: dlopen: /u02/devel/src/cpan_dist/modules/DBD-Oracle-1.18/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/O racle.so: symbol "OCILobLocatorAssign" unresolved at /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/5.8.7/alpha-dec_osf/DynaLoader.pm line 230 ME: This is just used in dbd_rebind_ph_lob, so I replace this with the one from DBD::Oracle version 1.17 to continue Problem 4: builds OK, fails some LOB tests (not surprising given Problem 3) and has one warning in the array test perl -Mblib t/26exe_array.t 1..13 ok 1 - use DBI; ok 2 - The object isa DBI::db ok 3 - ... execute_array should return true ok 4 - ... we should have 10 tuple_status DBD::Oracle::st execute_array warning: ORA-24381: error(s) in array DML (DBD SUCCESS_WITH_INFO: error possibly near <*> indicator at char 68 in 'INSERT INTO dbd_ora__drop_me ( row_1, row_2, row_3) VALUES (:p1,:p2<*>,:p3)') [for Statement "INSERT INTO dbd_ora__drop_me ( row_1, row_2, row_3) VALUES (?,?,?)" with ParamValues: :p3=undef, :p1=undef, :p2=undef] at t/26exe_array.t line 77. ok 5 - ... execute_array should return flase ok 6 - ... we should have 10 tuple_status ok 7 - ... we should get text ok 8 - ... we should get -1 ok 9 - ... execute_for_fetch should return true ok 10 - ... we should have 19 tuple_status ok 11 - ... execute_array should return flase ok 12 - ... we should have 10 tuple_status ok 13 - ... we should have 48 rows Thanks Michael Fox ============================================================================ =========================== Details ======= perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 7) configuration: Platform: osname=dec_osf, osvers=5.1b, archname=alpha-dec_osf uname='osf1 hx18.hq.auspost.com.au v5.1 2650 alpha ' config_args='-Dprefix=/usr/users/dwadmin/perl' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-std -D_INTRINSICS -fprm d -ieee -I/usr/local/include -DLANGUAGE_C', optimize='-O4', cppflags='-std -D_INTRINSICS -fprm d -ieee -I/usr/local/include -DLANGUAGE_C' ccversion='V6.5-011', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/shlib /usr/ccs/lib /usr/lib/cmplrs/cc /usr/lib /var/shlib libs=-ldbm -ldb -lm -lutil perllibs=-lm -lutil libc=/usr/shlib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -Wl,-rpath,/usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/5.8.7/alpha-dec_osf/CORE' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-shared -expect_unresolved "*" -O4 -msym -std -s -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_64_BIT_INT USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_LARGE_FILES Built under dec_osf Compiled at Dec 13 2005 15:27:28 @INC: /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/5.8.7/alpha-dec_osf /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/5.8.7 /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/alpha-dec_osf /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/site_perl . ============================================================================ =========================== perl Makefile.PL Using DBI 1.50 (for perl 5.008007 on alpha-dec_osf) installed in /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/alpha-dec_osf/auto/DBI/ Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.008007 on dec_osf (alpha-dec_osf) Remember to actually *READ* the README file! Especially if you have any problems. Using Oracle in /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7 DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "801070000" (CHAR) Oracle version 8.1.7.0 (8.1) Found /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms.mk Found /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/precomp/demo/proc/demo_proc.mk Using /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms.mk Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var is set to '/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib:/usr/users/dwadmin/lib:/u02/devel/lib:/us r/users/dwadmin/samba/bin:/usr/users/dwadmin/freetds/lib:' Reading /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms.mk Reading /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/env_rdbms.mk Attempting to discover Oracle OCI build rules cc -c -o DBD_ORA_OBJ.o DBD_ORA_OBJ.c by executing: [make -f /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms.mk build ECHODO=echo ECHO=echo GENCLNTSH='echo genclntsh' CC=true OPTIMIZE= CCFLAGS= EXE=DBD_ORA_EXE OBJS=DBD_ORA_OBJ.o] Oracle oci build command: [true -L/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/ -o DBD_ORA_EXE DBD_ORA_OBJ.o -lclntsh -lc] Found header files in /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/public /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/demo. Checking for functioning wait.ph System: perl5.008007 osf1 hx18.hq.auspost.com.au v5.1 2650 alpha Compiler: cc -O4 -std -D_INTRINSICS -fprm d -ieee -I/usr/local/include -DLANGUAGE_C Linker: /bin/ld Sysliblist: -lexc -lmld -lrt -laio_raw -lm Oracle makefiles would have used these definitions but we override them: CC: cc CFLAGS: $(GFLAG) $(OPTIMIZE) $(CDEBUG) $(CCFLAGS) $(QACCFLAGS) $(PFLAGS)\ $(SHARED_CFLAG) $(USRFLAGS) [$(GFLAG) -O3 -fast -fp_reorder -U_FASTMATH -O3 -fast -fp_reorder -U_FASTMATH $(GEMC_FLAGS) -std1 -DOSF1 -DA_OSF -readonly_strings -ieee -noansi_alias -D_INTRINSICS -DARCH_EV56 -arch ev56 -tune ev6 $(QACCFLAGS) -I/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/demo -I/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/public -I/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/plsql/public -I/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/network/public $(LPFLAGS) $(SHARED_CFLAG) $(USRFLAGS)] LDFLAGS: -L$(LIBHOME) -L$(RDBMSLIB) [-L$(LIBHOME) -L/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/] Linking with OTHERLDFLAGS = -L/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/ -lclntsh -lc [from 'build' rule] WARNING: If you have problems you may need to rebuild perl with threading enabled. Checking if your kit is complete... Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: META.yml Please inform the author. LD_RUN_PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/ rdbms/lib Using DBD::Oracle 1.18. Using DBD::Oracle 1.18. Using DBI 1.50 (for perl 5.008007 on alpha-dec_osf) installed in /usr/users/dwadmin/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.7/alpha-dec_osf/auto/DBI/ Writing Makefile for DBD::Oracle -----Original Message----- From: John Scoles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2006 5:42 AM To: dbi-users@perl.org; dbi-announce@perl.org; dbi-dev@perl.org Subject: ANNOUNCE: DBD:Oracle 1.18 DBD::Oracle 1.18 has been released. With this release DBD::Oracle finally implements Oracle's native Array Interface. You will see very dramatic increase in speed. For example; the time for a 2 million plus insert query dropped from well over an hour to less than 10 minutes when using execute_array() and the new code. The new code is not 100% DBI compliant as it does not yet support named parameter binding,but it does support all the other forms of binding and has full support for return Tuples. Many thanks to Kristian Nielsen for his original work on this code. There is also expanded support for LOB Locators from Jeffrey Klein. Finally there are number of little fixes and an update or two to the readmes. please enjoy. John Scoles (Please note that it may take a little while for CPAN to update to the latest version so if you need the latest code you can always use the subversion URL http://svn.perl.org/modules/dbd-oracle/trunk.) Australia Post is committed to providing our customers with excellent service. If we can assist you in any way please telephone 13 13 18 or visit our website. The information contained in this e-mail communication may be proprietary, confidential or legally professionally privileged. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. 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