On 7 October 2010 18:42, Jim Razmus <j...@bonetruck.org> wrote: > > Typically, applications leverage the Oracle client libraries to connect > to the database. Oracle does not provide these libraries for OpenBSD. > > A couple options: > > Perl DBI Proxy > Linux Oracle client running under emulation > Perhaps ODBC (however I believe this needs the Oracle client too) > > I have used the Perl DBI Proxy option successfully. The caveat is > increased complexity since you need the proxy running on a host with the > Oracle client. Just more parts to break/manage. > > One other thought, change databases to Postgresql, MySQL, or SQL Server > which all have client software in the ports tree. > > Best regards, > jim@ >
Hi, Thanks for all the suggestions, long-term I would love to move the DB to Postgresql, but currently that is highly unlikely. I was thinking that Linux emulation might be the way to go, but I'll give the Perl DBI proxy a go, I agree that it's added complexity, but that is marginally preferable to running a Linux/Apache2/PHP/Oracle development server :~) thanks for all the suggestions, Fred
