On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:09:20AM -0400, Lyle Brooks wrote: > > The only other comment I have on that approach is that the� > interface comes out looking very C-like...meaning, the Perl > interface looks almost like the OCI C interface, which is > not too surprising. I found myself wishing that Oracle::OCI > would look more Perl-ish. Of course, I understand the� > argument that by mirroring the OCI C interface, then the Perl > interface is consistent with the OCI C documentation and hence > there would not be a need to learn "two" OCI interfaces.
I'd hope people would develop higher-level interfaces for various aspects of Oracle functionality using Oracle::OCI as an underlying API. An Oracle::AQ module for example. > My work uses a good deal of the Oracle AQ functionality, and > so I've found myself repeated wishing that I could find a� > way to Oracle::OCI work...but it has left me mostly frustrated. Hopefully between Charles, Martin, and yourself, we can breath some new life into Oracle::OCI. Tim.
