Re: perl and oracle

In article <3ue168$2t9_at_lll-winken.llnl.gov>, Arnold Weinstein <weinstein1_at_llnl.gov> wrote:
>dbambw_at_gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Michael) wrote:
>>
>> Subject says it all. Is perl able to read Oracle? I would try
>> this for myself, but we haven't yet installed Oracle here.
>>
>> Thanks in advance..
>
>The is an extension to PERL called ORAPERL that can read the ORACLE database.
>It allows you to create a CURSOR and read record columns into local perl
>variables. ORAPERL works and is free. You can get ORAPERL from
> ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/perl/db .

Oraperl is perl4 based only.
A database independant interface to perl5 is being developed. See the announcement in comp.lang.perl.

Jacqui Caren

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