I'm sorry I should clarify.. When I say "work" I mean you can build it against that version of the OCI.
What you should do is see what the highest version of the DBD::Oracle can build against your OCI client. Carl Furst On 1/23/12 10:32 AM, "Furst, Carl" <carl.fu...@mlb.com> wrote: >If I remember what the docs told me (we recently went through an upgrade >from 9i to 10g), any thing pre 1.26 can work with anything up to 9i. 1.26 >and later can work 9i and 10g however 11g and 12 will not work unless you >upgrade further. > >I THINK I have that right.. However the DBD::Oracle documentation is where >I got all this so, have a look. > >Thanks, >Carl Furst >CMS Developer >carl.fu...@mlb.com >AIM: furstmlb >work: 212-485-4502 >cell: 917-837-4558 > > > > >On 1/23/12 10:20 AM, "John Scoles" <byter...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>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released 16 Nov 2004 and has been superseded by 19 releases on CPAN.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 DBD::Oracle 1.16 was released 22 Oct 2004 and has been superseded by 23 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 >>> -- >>> Martin J. Evans >>> Easysoft Limited >>> http://www.easysoft.com >> > ********************************************************** MLB.com: Where Baseball is Always On
