Re: Removal of Oraperl from DBD::Oracle?

On 01/04/12 14:33, Jared Still wrote:
> I would think being forced to quit using Oraperl would be a good 
> thing?  :)

     I tend to agree. But I had to ask before I pull that rug off from 
everyone's feet, just in case someone is still actually standing on it. :-)

>
> But seriously, when was the last time anyone of heard of someone using 
> Oraperl,
> or asking questions about it?

     I googled a little bit, and from what I can see, people were 
already told that Oraperl is old and deprecated in... 2001. Didn't get 
any better after that. :-)


>
> I have some really old (good) stuff that uses Oraperl.  Should I ever 
> want to use
> it again I would most definitely convert to DBD::Oracle.
>
> At the time I wrote those scripts (1995!) , DBD::Oracle was new and 
> scary.  :)

     Well, it's still scary aplenty, but I daresay that by now, we have 
the 'new' mitigated. :-)


Joy,
`/anick
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