Hi Nicolas, What operational system do you want to use?
Regards, Ivan > -------Original Message------- > From: Nicolas Simon <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [gdal-dev] Oracle support available by default in any OSGeo software > Sent: Jul 23 '12 05:20 > > Hi , > I't very frustrating, each time I would like to use OSGeo software > (GDAL/OGR, QGIS, Â…) they don't support oracle database. Every time, > everything should be recompiled from source with oracle support enabled. A > long and not easy processÂ… > > The reason usually evoked for this situation, is that Oracle build > needs Oracle files that aren't freely redistributable. Ok It's a good > reason. > > I found a library, called OCILIB (<[LINK: > http://orclib.sourceforge.net/] http://orclib.sourceforge.net/>), that > enable your software to dynamically connect to your oracle database. This > library does not require any oracle library to compile. It's available on > any platform where oracle client is available and it licensed with LGPL. > > So it seems possible to create an OGR driver for Oracle, based on > OCILIB, that doesn't require any Oracle copyrighted files. > > So what I propose is to develop, with the help of any volunteer, > this kind of driver. > > But before going further, I would like to know if it seems to you a > good way to have Oracle support available by default in any OSGeo software > > > > Depending of your answers, I 'll come back to ask you how it's the > best way to do that ? > > Thanks a lot > > Nicolas Simon > -------------------- > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [LINK: [email protected]] [email protected] > [LINK: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
