Re: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Jared Still
On Feb 6, 2008 8:30 AM, Richard Labutis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > one more question: > why is not possible to build a universal version? > > That will likely appear when Oracle provides a universal client. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

RE: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Girard, Jean-Claude
Hello, I would choose which Oracle client I want to use, and install against that one. Your Oracle9 and oracle10 client should both be able to connect to any of your db -Message d'origine- De : Richard Labutis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:28 A

Re: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread scoles
No real problem here compile with the latest Oracle client or even instant client it should work with any verion of oracle. Remember DBD::Oracle compiles against the client not the database My production DBD::Oracle is compile against 9i but we use a 10g dstabase with not real issues > hi, > > I

Re: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Richard Labutis
one more question: why is not possible to build a universal version? On Feb 6, 2008 11:17 AM, Alexander Foken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06.02.2008 17:10, Richard Labutis wrote: > > If I compile the module for oracle 10g and move the build to a box > > that has only oracle 9i, it will not w

Re: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Alexander Foken
On 06.02.2008 17:10, Richard Labutis wrote: If I compile the module for oracle 10g and move the build to a box that has only oracle 9i, it will not work. Of course it won't work. The libraries must match exactly, only the versions of client and server may differ. I can't be making different

Re: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Richard Labutis
If I compile the module for oracle 10g and move the build to a box that has only oracle 9i, it will not work. I can't be making different versions of the module for each aix box I have, there is too many of them. for example, the Oracle.so library is hardcoded to oracle 9i, so it would not work o

Re: multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Alexander Foken
On 06.02.2008 16:27, Richard Labutis wrote: hi, I have an AIX box with Oracle 9i and 10g, how do deal with dbi/dbd modules that wants to be compiled specifically with one version of oracle. How do I make this work with any version of oracle? Oracle is backwards and forwards compatible, at le

multiple versions of oracle and dbi/dbd

2008-02-06 Thread Richard Labutis
hi, I have an AIX box with Oracle 9i and 10g, how do deal with dbi/dbd modules that wants to be compiled specifically with one version of oracle. How do I make this work with any version of oracle?