Re: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Jonathan Leffler
On 6/12/06, Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using a DSN of dbi:ODBC:xyz, the DBI - connect(...) call takes 16 (sic) seconds with both the Perl script and Oracle running on the same PC under Windows. You have been warned :-(. I've occasionally seen similar outrageously long connection

Re: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:04:04 -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote: Hi Jonathan We, I know Oracle has been criticized for taking up to 7 secs to connect in a non-Win evironment, so I assume this is the same, just much worse. Of course, it could indicate the Oracle developers has a

Re: request for clarification, was (DBD::DB2 execute and finish problem)

2006-06-13 Thread Tim Bunce
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:24:55PM +0100, Martin J. Evans wrote: Hi, DBI documentation says execute on a an active statement should imply a finish call but DBD::DB2 does no appear to do this - see example below. This issue is now causing me a severe amount of grief as we have no finish

Re: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Martin Hall
Ron Savage wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:04:04 -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote: Hi Jonathan We, I know Oracle has been criticized for taking up to 7 secs to connect in a non-Win evironment, so I assume this is the same, just much worse. Of course, it could indicate the Oracle

Re: request for clarification, was (DBD::DB2 execute and finish problem)

2006-06-13 Thread Martin J. Evans
On 13-Jun-2006 Ron Savage wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:24:55 +0100 (BST), Martin J. Evans wrote: Hi Martin This seems to fall into the category of the first quote from the I saw the original post, and expected someone else to answer. I don't agree that it falls in the first category.

Re: request for clarification, was (DBD::DB2 execute and finish problem)

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:28:00 +0100 (BST), Martin J. Evans wrote: Hi MArtin When I add the dbd_st_finish call it works and I cannot as yet see any side effects other than making DBD::DB2 do what the DBI docs say. OK. Fair enough. I was really trying to provoke you to reassess your

Re: request for clarification, was (DBD::DB2 execute and finish problem)

2006-06-13 Thread Martin J. Evans
On 13-Jun-2006 Tim Bunce wrote: On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:24:55PM +0100, Martin J. Evans wrote: Hi, DBI documentation says execute on a an active statement should imply a finish call but DBD::DB2 does no appear to do this - see example below. This issue is now causing me a severe

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Fowler, Mark
I would like to voice some frustration at the advice to ask 'support' for assistance in this situation. It has been a problem for years now. Too many requests for help dealing with the PERL/ODBC/Windows problem with slow connections are dead-ended. I believe a major hurdle is that

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Matthew Ramadanovic
I can understand frustration but your request is too nebulous for those who do have the skills to help you troubleshoot. I connect to Oracle from many different Windows installs daily and have never seen the problems you have described without other identifiable machine configuration issues (as in

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\)
-Original Message- From: Ron Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:22 PM To: List - DBI users Subject: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC Hi Folks Using a DSN of dbi:ODBC:xyz, the DBI - connect(...) call takes 16 (sic) seconds with

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Fowler, Mark
Apologies, I was making a general observation. I was more interested in making the exercise easier for others, as my own situation is probably an obsolete issue. All those technical aspects necessary to obtain a solution were provided during 2004, and some would no longer be valid (e.g. esoftmatic

Re: Displaying fetched values in html form

2006-06-13 Thread Jonathan Mangin
- Original Message - From: Kevin Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DBI List dbi-users@perl.org Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 5:50 PM Subject: Displaying fetched values in html form I'm not sure if this is the right forum so i'd appreciate pointers to the correct place if i'm wrong. I've

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:38 -0400, Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\) wrote: Hi Philip Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Data Sources (ODBC) - (Your DSN) - Configure - Test Connection How long does that take to acknowledge success? It's 16 seconds after clicking Test before the

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\)
-Original Message- From: Ron Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:11 PM To: List - DBI users Subject: RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:38 -0400, Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\) wrote: - Test

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:37:49 -0400, Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\) wrote: Hi Philip How long does it take to connect via sqlplus? tnsping? sqlplus user/pass responds in 0.5 sec. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:37:49 -0400, Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\) wrote: Hi Philip How long does it take to connect via sqlplus? tnsping? I should mention the MySQL ODBC connector V 3.5 when tested responds immediately. The Postgres connector does not have a test button. -- Ron Savage

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:37:49 -0400, Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\) wrote: Hi Philip How long does it take to connect via sqlplus? tnsping? Took me a while to work out what the command line option for tnsping was. Its XE. So: tnsping XE responds immediately. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Speed test for connecting to Oracle for Windows via ODBC

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:37:49 -0400, Garrett, Philip \(MAN-Corporate\) wrote: Hi Philip It's 16 seconds after clicking Test before the dialog box pops up That testing was under Win2K at home. Now at work (Monash University) with WinXP and a network, response is immediate (referring to the Test

Re: Oracle schema names: sqlplus 'v' Perl

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:08:53 +1000, Ron Savage wrote: Hi Ron OK. I got this working. I created a user thru the Oracle web interface http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex. This allows setting: o Username o Password its expiry (Y/N) o Account status (Locked/Unlocked) o User privileges These are fixed: o