Re: DBD::Oracle and Oracle 8 "AGAIN"

2006-10-04 Thread John Scoles
I checked with few people and part of the problem here is that a compiled version of DBD will contain code from Oracle (oci.dll .so etc.) and one is not allowed to reditibute this code with-out 1) permission form Oracle to redistibute 2) or the person who created the compiled code has a valid lis

Re: DBD::Oracle and Oracle 8 "AGAIN"

2006-10-04 Thread John Scoles
That is a good question. I have had many complaints about this over the past year. I think it is about time someone-most likely me- post some .pps for older other clients. Not promising anything but I will see what I can do. For the present I would run through the Readme.win32.txt one more time

DBD::Oracle and Oracle 8 "AGAIN"

2006-10-03 Thread h-taguchi
Hello, I'm trying to let DBD::Oracle connect to Oracle DB 8.0.x. My client OS is Windows XP, ActivePerl 588. >From lists entitiled "DBD::Oracle and Oracle 8" and other articles I found the current DBD-Oracle.ppd in ActiveStates.com uses Oracle10g, which cann't connct to older DBs less than R8.1.