Well it is finally here the 'two bit' version of DBD::Oracle 1.25 You can find the release candidate here
http://svn.perl.org/modules/dbd-oracle/trunk/DBD-Oracle-1.25-RC1.tar.gz Any and all testing will be most welcome! The big add in this time is support for DRCP (Database Resident Connection Pool) if you happen to be using 11g or later As well 'get_info' has been greatly expanded Plus the the usual hodgepodge of bug fixes detailed below Added support for the OCIPing by John Scoles Spell checked the pod (the first time in a while me thinks) updated the todo By John Scoles Added support for DCRP (Database Resident Connection Pooling) by John Scoles with Luben Karavelov Fix for odd error with Ping from Tom Payerle Removed the NEW_OCI_INIT compile directive and the deprecated OCIInitialize calls Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=57256 : Double free problem in dbdimp.c by John Scoles Fix for invalid format in trace of OCILobLocatorIsInit_log_stat reported by Martin Evans Fixed by John Scoles Fix for very odd UNKNOWN OCI STATUS 1041 (OCILobFreeTemporary) on disconnect reported by John Parker and Bob Mcgowan fixed by John Scoles Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=55445: get_info(28) SQL_IDENTIFIER_CASE seems to return the wrong value from Martin J Evans and a bunch of re jigging from John Scoles Patch for PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small from Scott T. Hildreth Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=51594 type_info and type_info_all miss vital information from John Scoles Added ora_lob_is_init function by John Scoles Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=55031 Ubuntu Server Building with Oracle XE under 32-bit from Brian Candler Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=56810 bug with multiple nested cursor from John Scoles Fix for bug found only on Big-Endian hardware reported by Timothy Everett and others from Charles Jardine Fix for memory leak when using prepared_cached and lobs reported by Mark Bobak and Martin Evans found and fixed by John Scoles and a test from Martin Evans Added more entries to the Readmes from John Scoles Cheers John Scoles -- New! Learn why & how to love your data with Pythian's new webinar series. Topics, details & register: http://www.pythian.com/webinars
