Re: ORAPerl

In article comp.lang.perl.misc:<34a19198.23523242_at_news.ais.net>,

   syarbrou_at_ais.net (Steve) writes:
>The ORAperl interface does not work with perl 5.004. It's only
>designed for Perl 4. From what I have heard, there is no further
>development being done on it.

oraperl - the perl4 extension is unsupported as is perl4.

Oraperl.pm the oraperl emulation layer is fully supported as is the DBI and many of the DBD modules.

>Besides, DBI/DBD's are much better and
>use the latest version of Perl.

Oraperl provides a good migration tool (its primary purpose) and because $lda and $csr are actually $dbh and $sth's (read the perldoc's), you can use DBI methods on the $lda and $csr handles...

So, if you are already using oraperl then

        use Oraperl; # :-)

if you are a "DB newbie" then take your pick. DBI is probably my preference simply because it is more flexible and allows easier DB migration. As always YMMV...

All the best,
Jacqui

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