[redirected to dbi-users list] On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 03:05:59PM -0400, John Scoles wrote: > I was given a patch for DBD::Oracle today the just of it was to open > up the OCI commands for starting up and shuting down the DB. > > So the question is would this be out of the DBI spec to allow direct > control of the DB like this or does this fall under the custom > function category.
The general approach is for drivers to add such things as private methods. If several drivers have implemented similar functionality then, and only then, would it be safe to consider extending the DBI to cover that kind of functionality. Tim. p.s. In this case I'd like to see the Oracle::OCI module revived. It could handle this requirement and much else besides.
