I would have to agree with Martin. The bigest jump, code-wise was the jump
between 16~17 so you are very much out of luck if you want to get anything
fixed in 16 or eariler. I you update to 17 first and see what happens you will
get a good idea if you can update any futher. I also depends on the version of
oracle DB and client you are using. CheersJohn
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:14:24 +0000
> From: martin.ev...@easysoft.com
> To: dbi-users@perl.org
> Subject: Re: What is the oldest community supported versions for PERL DBI and
> DBD::ORACLE?
>
> 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 released 16 Nov 2004 and has been superseded by 19 releases on CPAN.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 DBD::Oracle 1.16 was released 22 Oct 2004 and has been superseded by 23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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