On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 13:00 -0700, Ian Kelly wrote: > 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.
Finally I managed to get a vm with Oracle 9.2.0.1, so are there some specific tests I need to run? Is there patch that you would like to use and I could apply and run tests again to see is there any regressions? -- Jani Tiainen
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