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

On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 13:04 -0400, John Scoles wrote:
> John Scoles wrote:
> 
> Nobody wants to play with my new toy?
> 

I will, waiting for our dba to setup the DRCP for me.

> :(
> 
> > 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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