Re: DBD::Oracle

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 07:03:09PM +0100, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28:11 +0000, Charles Jardine <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > >> If this reproduces the problem, you have something nothing to do
> > >> with databases to investigate. If it doesn't reproduce the problem,
> > >> it may be that Oracle is messing with the SIGCHLD signal.
> > >>
> > >> Are you connecting directly to the database using the bequeather?  
> > > 
> > > I've never heard of anything called a "bequeather" :)  
> > 
> > If you call $ORACLE_HOME/bin/adapters, the list will include 'BEQ'.
> > This is the bequeather, which is the adapter used to connect to
> > a local database when ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID are specified
> > and TWO_TASK is not. The BEQ adapter is inconsistent with the
> > with perl built-ins which use fork or popen unless you put
> > 'bequeath_detach = yes' in sqlnet.ora. It is a pity that this
> > sqlnet.ora option is not the default.
> 
> All tests then pass

I'm sure a patch to the docs, expressing the above, would be welcome.

Tim.