On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:08:51AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does this mean the 'use Oraperl' and the oraperl subroutine syntax (like > &ora_login) would be deprecated?
They would be more than deprecated. They wouldn't work at all. > I wouldn't ordinarily care, as I haven't used that syntax for years. > However, quite a few of our application areas wrote entire applications > using oraperl. Just getting them to plug a 'use lib' and 'use Oraperl' at > the top of their code to get them off of Perl 4 was like herding cats, and > took almost a year. :-) > I'm sure Tim could care less about this. Personally I'm all for the move. > We can certainly march merrily along with version 1.03 of DBD::Oracle we > are currently using. That's my thinking. Places that have stuck with Oracle 7 can't really complain about being stuck with DBD::Oracle <= 1.14. Tim. > "Gogala, Mladen" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T > > To: Multiple recipients of list > ORACLE-L > Sent by: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: > > > > bcc: > > Subject: > RE: Perl > 04/01/03 10:18 AM DBD::Oracle - discontinuing > support for Oracle 7 and Ora > Please respond to > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > I couldn't support you more Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 6:54 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Oraperl? > > > I released DBD::Oracle 1.14 a few days ago. > > In the release notes I said: > > NOTE: OCI 7 and Oraperl will not be supported in future releases. > > I'm keen to rip out the old OCI7 API code to make it easier to add > support for more OCI8 features. > > I've had no reaction to that yet so I can't gauge how much of a > problem that might be for some people. I know Oracle are ceasing > to support Oracle 7 but there are certainly some Oracle 7 installation > in production in strange places/situations. > > And there may be some script/applications based on Oraperl but now > talking to Oracle 8 or 9 servers. > > So I thought I'd ask here. > > At the end of the day I guess anyone using Oracle 7 in production > with DBD::Oracle / Oraperl has to live with the bugs in Oracle 7 > and whatever version of DBD::Oracle / Oraperl they're using. > (At least they wouldn't need such a fat cheque book to get support > from me if they really needed it :) > > And converting from Oraperl is a fairly mechanincal process. > > Tim. > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Tim Bunce > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Gogala, Mladen > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tim Bunce INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
