Re: [Q] Does Oraperl run with Perl5 ?

In article <DCC3Iv.H4v_at_ig.co.uk>, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce_at_ig.co.uk> writes:
> In article <3v58t0$e7a_at_pong.lasc.lockheed.com>,
> Terry Greenlaw <z50816_at_mip.lasc.lockheed.com> wrote:
> > In article <3v45p0$2i6_at_ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, rsingh_at_ix.netcom.com (Rashpal Singh) writes:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if Oraperl will run
> > > under Perl5, or should I stick with Perl 4.036 ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Use DBI and DBD/Oracle with Perl5 for Oracle7 access.
> > It comes with an Oraperl emulation package, and has quite
> > a few improvments over the original.
> >
> Er, reality check! It's still an unstable alpha release which is
> currently significantly slower than Oraperl 2.4. Whilst I greatly
> appreciate your enthusiasm it's not really ready for production use.
>
>
> Tim.

I guess after dealing with Oracle's bug-ridden application code for so long (IMHO, Forms 4.x will NEVER work right on X/Motif, e-mail for gory details), using code like DBI/DBD that works as advertised must have gone to my head ;-}

Actually, Tim, on our environment (HP/UX 9.x), the combination of Perl5, Oracle 7, and DBI/DBD, is significantly faster and more stable than using Perl4 and Oraperl. It may be related to Perl5 enhancements. We used to have quite a few OraPerl processes hang under Perl4.

I just converted a 300 line SQL*Plus HTML generation script into a 100 line Perl5/DBI program with a 5x speedup so I'm sure not gonna complain about speed.

I would say that DBI and DBD were closer to late beta than alpha WRT Oracle, but you're the one who knows what's really going on behind the curtains, so I'll take your word for it. I wish the CDE group at Oracle was as modest about their code quality!

Anyway, thanks again for the goodies. My goal with all this is to develop a freeware replacement for Oracle Forms (using TkPerl for GUI'ness). My guess is you'll have DBI/DBD production ready before I am...

Terry Greenlaw (on-site _at_ Lockheed-Martin)               Encompass Technologies
z50816_at_mip.lasc.lockheed.com                             greenlaw_at_entech.is.net