Hi Lyle,
The main reason is probably no demand for such a thing (+ other reasons
like complicated build procedure, license agreements for Oracle stuff ...)
If you are willing to spend some time on testing I can include DBD::Oracle
(in "ActivePerl way") in the next strawberry perl release.
I have prepared pre-build distributions - for Strawberry Perl 5.16.2.x
(32/64bit), linked with Oracle Instant Client 11.2.0.3.0:
http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/perl-modules-par/DBD-Oracle-1.56-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.16.2.par
http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/perl-modules-par/DBD-Oracle-1.56-MSWin32-x64-multi-thread-5.16.2.par
You can install them into strawberry perl simply by running:
c:\> pip <par_file_url>
You also need Oracle Instant Client 11.2.0.3.0 + put it in your PATH (it
might also work with other versions) - no SDK, just Client
It would be nice if you can install + test the above mentioned *.par with a
real Oracle DB.
--
kmx
On 20.1.2013 20:18, Lyle wrote:
Hi All,
I noticed Strawberry didn't come with DBD::Oracle. What was the reason
for that?
I've just built DBD::Oracle on Windows 7 with Perl 5.16.2 x64 with all
tests passing. I added how I did it as comments to the Pythan article here:
http://www.pythian.com/news/11115/dbdoracle-and-windows-64bit/#comment-1385661
I can see that this has been in RT for a while:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=48796
ActivePerl ships with DBD::Oracle, although you have to download the
client libraries yourself. This would appear to be the only feasible way
forward. As it stands people are either having to:
1) Download the DBD::Oracle sources, download the client libraries,
compile and build. This is time consuming, especially if you want the
tests to pass as the documentation isn't clear.
2) Download the ActivePerl ppm, download the client libraries, hope you
have the right client libraries and the path set right so it works.
If Strawberry Perl came with DBD::Oracle and clear instructions on how to
install the client libraries, or better still, the installer had an
option for downloading and installing them for you, I think that would be
best.
Thoughts?
Lyle
