Re: ANNOUNCE: DBD::Oracle 1.25 Release Candidate 1

John Scoles wrote:

Nobody wants to play with my new toy?

:(

> Well it is finally here the 'two bit' version of DBD::Oracle 1.25
> 
> You can find the release candidate here
> 
> http://svn.perl.org/modules/dbd-oracle/trunk/DBD-Oracle-1.25-RC1.tar.gz
> 
> Any and all testing will be most welcome!
> 
> The big add in this time is support for DRCP (Database Resident Connection
> Pool) if you happen to be using 11g or later
> 
> As well 'get_info' has been greatly expanded
> 
> Plus the the usual hodgepodge of bug fixes detailed below
> 
>   Added support for the OCIPing by John Scoles
>   Spell checked the pod (the first time in a while me thinks) updated the
> todo By John Scoles
>   Added support for DCRP (Database Resident Connection Pooling) by John
> Scoles with Luben Karavelov
>   Fix for odd error with Ping from Tom Payerle
>   Removed the NEW_OCI_INIT compile directive and the deprecated
> OCIInitialize calls
>   Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=57256 :  Double free problem in dbdimp.c by
> John Scoles
>   Fix for invalid format in trace of OCILobLocatorIsInit_log_stat reported
> by Martin Evans Fixed by John Scoles
>   Fix for very odd UNKNOWN OCI STATUS 1041 (OCILobFreeTemporary) on
> disconnect reported by John Parker and Bob Mcgowan fixed by John Scoles
>   Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=55445: get_info(28) SQL_IDENTIFIER_CASE seems
> to return the wrong value from Martin J Evans and a bunch of re jigging from
> John Scoles
>   Patch for PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too
> small from Scott T. Hildreth
>   Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=51594 type_info and type_info_all miss vital
> information from John Scoles
>   Added ora_lob_is_init function by John Scoles
>   Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=55031 Ubuntu Server  Building with Oracle XE
> under 32-bit from Brian Candler
>   Fix for rt.cpan.org Ticket #=56810 bug with multiple nested cursor from
> John Scoles
>   Fix for bug found only on Big-Endian hardware reported by Timothy Everett
> and others from Charles Jardine
>   Fix for memory leak when using prepared_cached and lobs reported by Mark
> Bobak and Martin Evans found and fixed by John Scoles and a test from Martin
> Evans
>   Added more entries to the Readmes from John Scoles
> 
> 
> Cheers
> John Scoles
> 
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