On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Jani Tiainen <rede...@gmail.com> wrote: > Escaping bug exists in Oracle 9.2.0.5 and earlier. It was fixed in > patchset 9.2.0.6 and any later version. > > What comes to Oracle official support options for 9.2: > Premier Support Ends: 31-Jul-2007 > Extended Support Ends: 30-Jul-2010 > > If any problem is encountered you're first required to upgrade to latest > patchset (9.2.0.8) before requesting further assistance from Oracle. And > Oracle has always advised to apply patchsets to db. > > I have only 9.2.0.1, but bug should appear there and I've patchsets for > 9.2.0.6 and up so I can see does it really happen after upgrade. I can > stage and run tests to see was it that or something else. > > And known workaround (that works "everywhere") is use one I pasted few > ticket comment before. > > It's more like design and support decision here - is there need to > support (obsolete) Oracle version(s)?
Hi Jani, The only thing I need before committing the workaround is for somebody to verify that the bug in #5985 is reproducible in version 9.2.0.5 or earlier, and that the workaround indeed fixes it. Since I don't have an instance with the appropriate patchset available to test it myself, I'd appreciate it if you would do that testing. I for one don't see a compelling case for dropping support for Oracle 9 yet. If the workaround is successful, then the only Django feature currently not supported for Oracle 9 is the regex filter, and I'm not aware of anything on the horizon that will change that. Oracle shops also tend to be notoriously slow at updating. My employer is not as bad as some, but even we still have some Django installations running on Oracle 9. Even if we do decide to drop support for Oracle 9 (or just the early patchsets thereof) soon, it will take a full release cycle so that we can issue the appropriate deprecation warnings. We'll still want to be using the workaround at least for the short term. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
