On 23/01/12 14:13, TIDWELL, GARY wrote:
Hi all, we are currently using DBD::ORACLE 1.16 and DBI 1.46, and I'm having a
tough time
trying to determine if either of these are still supported by the open source
community.
All help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Gary
DBI 1.46 isn't even on cpan now - it has been moved to backpan. It was released
16 Nov 2004 and has been superseded by 19 releases on CPAN.
DBD::Oracle 1.16 was released 22 Oct 2004 and has been superseded by 23
releases.
So you are using 7 year code both of which has moved on a lot since then.
I help out with both of those modules and if you had a problem with either of them that
old my response would likely be to upgrade. However, it depends on what you mean by
"support" - what do you mean?
Presumably because you are using really old perl modules either a) the code was
written ages ago or b) you need to use a really old version of Perl newer DBI
and DBD::Oracle modules no longer support? If it is (a) then so long as you
don't change anything why would you need support? If it is (b) and you
seriously cannot move to a newer Perl you've got the same problem with Perl
itself.
With DBD::Oracle, the latest version is so different from the one you are using
(code-wise) I doubt even if you found a bug which was still present in the
newest release you'd persuade anyone to also fix it in 1.16.
Perhaps you need to explain why you've asked the question.
Martin
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Martin J. Evans
Easysoft Limited
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