Re: Does ORAPERL exists on windows NT ???

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	dcoker_at_panix.com
	groenvel_at_cse.psu.edu

In article <56htjq$kft_at_panix.com>, Dave Coker <dcoker_at_panix.com> wrote:
>When you say "Oraperl, the Perl4 extenstion is dead" what exactly
>do you mean? Just not supported any longer? We're migrating applications
>from Sybase to Oracle, and Oraperl (like Sybperl) would *really* make
>my life easier.

What he means is that **oraperl*** is dead, Note the lower case.

The **Oraperl** .pm that provides a oraperl superset interface to the DBI/DBD:oracle modules is very much alive and kicking.

The two interfaces look and feel (almost) identical the technologies are rather different.. Oraperl is far better software and is definitely "fun to be with" :-)

For instance, we use it to create 50,000 reports in a four day period and to create reports of over 3000 pages.

>Thanks for any information anyone can provide.

Tim Bunce (Mr DBD::Oracle) has no plans to port DBI/DBD::Oracle to NT. Of course if someone is desperate enough to PAY... :-)

p.s.
If you want to find DBI/DBD porting hints look at ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/perl/db

Again thanks to demon.co.uk for allowing us space to host perl/db ftp space.

>Win95? None for me thanks - I'm running Linux!

Of course you could always install SCO Oracle under linix and connect via SQL*Net to oracle on the NT box...

Jacqui

>John D Groenveld (groenvel_at_jovial.cse.psu.edu) wrote:
>: In article <3289EB6D.36EB_at_pratique.fr>, gtie_igl <gtie_igl_at_pratique.fr> wrote:
>: >Who could tell me if ORAPERL exists on NT ??
>: >Where could i find it ??
 

>: The Perl5 modules DBI/DBD::Oracle (with Oraperl emulation) exist for most
>: Unix platforms. Oraperl, the Perl4 extension, is dead. For NT I think there
>: are ODBC solutions, the Perl5 Module List will have more details.
>: John
>: groenvel_at_cse.psu.edu
 

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