On 14.07.2011 11:43, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 14/07/2011 07:16, Victor Sudakov wrote: >> The databases/php5-oci8 port exists no more, and databases/php52-oci8 >> is marked as vulnerable. >> > > Oracle 8 is pretty obsolete now. Now, the only options for getting more > up to date support are > > -- persuading Oracle to release eg. an Oracle Instant Client package > for FreeBSD > > -- somehow being able to use the Linux client software under > emulation. > > I've no idea what Oracle's response to the first option would be, but I > suspect their response might well be that they won't get enough return > to justify the cost of producing a FreeBSD native client.
I suspect getting oracle to create such a client would cost (per user) about half a cent less than replacing the oracle DB would. They're (in)famous for such calculations. > The second option looks pretty difficult to me -- making a PHP shared > object that links to a Linux shlib but that is itself linked into > various PHP applications. This one might be a bit cheaper. > The future looks Postgresql shaped to me. Or any other non-yacht-sponsoring DB. //Svein p.s. I've had the "pleasure" of having dealt with Oracle on several occasions. -- --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | sv...@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | sv...@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | sv...@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listm...@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |sv...@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE --------+-------------------+------------------------------- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ ------------------------------------------------------------
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