[Zope-dev] ZOracle LOB Questions

[Monty Taylor]

Is anyone working on fixing DCOracle? I'll have someone look into if no
one else is, but I'd prefer to spend the energy elsewhere if it's
already being addressed. (The LOB support would be nice for me as well.)


"Matthew T. Kromer" wrote:
> 
> Alexander Schad wrote:
> >
> > > Alex, Oracle 8i broke DCOracle's support for LOBs; DCOracle primarily
> > > uses OCI 7 (Oracle 7) calls, and Oracle 8i enforces a restriction that
> > > OCI 8 objects cannot be used in the context of an OCI 7 statement.
> > >
> > > You can use Oracle 8.0 for this, the restriction isn't enforced until
> > > Oracle 8.1.
> > >
> >
> > Hello!
> > thank you for your answer. but does that mean that i can only use LOBS
> > with Oracle 8.0 ?
> > i'm confused. i need to use LOBs. if i use oracle 8.1 can i use LOBS and
> > if yes which Databse adapter do i need?
> 
> If your database adapter is 8.0 you can probably use LOBs, if
> the adapter is 8.1 you probably can't.  I never mix and match
> adatpters vs. databases, though, so your mileage my vary.  By
> this I mean, you could use 8.0 libraries to access an 8.1
> database via SQL*NET.  I *think* the error is actually being
> raised at the library level, not the server itself.
> 
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