From:	Tim Bunce	Date:	Fri Oct 10 09:53:27 2003
Subject:	Re: building an Oracle::Oci with ExtUtils::XSBuilder

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 12:10:26PM +0100, Andy Crichton wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I have started looking at this but must admit to being at a bit of a loss
> as to how I proceed. I have produced my maps and tables from the oci headers
> (which appear to only reside in $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/demo???) but as I am more
> of a C programmer and perl "user" I am not certain exactly how I turn these
> into Oracle::Oci and how I insert any C code which is required?
> 
> Any pointers or advice would be much appreciated.

Praveen Ray (CC'd) is also looking into this.

Perhaps in the short term a good 'next step' would be to add an
option to the "boot" script to tell it to use ExtUtils::XSBuilder
instead of C::Scan. Obviously in the short term it won't do the
complete job but if (one of) you could post a patch for that part
then we can all play along at home. Specifically, I could more
easily guide you next steps...

Tim.