thanks thies i was expecting this answer and i'm glad you see it this way, too.
> there is no oci9 AFAIK the interface is called OCI and was > introduced with oracle8. as were just talking about adding > some calls (is it that easy?) there is no reason to fork. i *hope* it's easy. i am just going to add the two needed calls and submit a patch, pretty straight forward. btw i only called it oci9 to emphasize that we are using oci functions that are only available in the oci that ships with oracle 9. best regards, cu Abdul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thies C. Arntzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Abdul-Kareem Abo-Namous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] oci8 extension > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 12:59:31PM +0200, Abdul-Kareem Abo-Namous wrote: > > hi everyone > > > > i'm new to this list so please be patient with me (but not too patient ;-)). > > > > i am currently a contractor for a pretty big it company that is migrating > > all its php sites to oracle 9i. since we ran into some large problems > > related to character sets and the way the oci library handles enviroment > > setup in a shared environment, we have agreed to write new functions that > > expose new functionality in oracle's oci in php. we're talking about a mere > > 2 new functions that can't be used in oracle 8's oci. > > > > now my questions are: > > > > -should i fork the oci8 extension into a new one (oci9 or so) that includes > > these functions and all other (older) functions with modified names, and > > submit it as a new extension, or > > no. > > > -just submit a patch for ext/oci8 that adds these two functions and add a > > switch that turns them on or off depending on what oci lib version was found > > during a build process? > > yes. > > > > > furtheron, is there anyone out there already working on an oci9 extension? > > anyway, thanks for reading. if there's any interest, i can shed some light > > on a few details of the problems forcing us to do this. > > there is no oci9 AFAIK the interface is called OCI and was > introduced with oracle8. as were just talking about adding > some calls (is it that easy?) there is no reason to fork. > > re, > tc > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
