From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 14 16:55:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F40F106564A for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (relay2.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D1F8FC16 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.93.1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (account sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.125.240] verified) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.13) with ESMTPSA id 19084807 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:52:48 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p6EFql3g057089 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:52:47 +0700 (OMSST) (envelope-from sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p6EFqlOa057088 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:52:47 +0700 (OMSST) (envelope-from sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru: sudakov set sender to sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru using -f Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:52:47 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110714155246.GA55927@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> Mail-Followup-To: Victor Sudakov , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110714061600.GA45797@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4E1EBA43.50508@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E1EBA43.50508@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.livejournal.com/pubkey.bml?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 Subject: Re: OCI support in PHP is dead X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:20 -0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: > > The databases/php5-oci8 port exists no more, and databases/php52-oci8 > > is marked as vulnerable. > > > > Oracle 8 is pretty obsolete now. Now, the only options for getting more > up to date support are > > -- persuading Oracle to release eg. an Oracle Instant Client package > for FreeBSD > > -- somehow being able to use the Linux client software under > emulation. > > I've no idea what Oracle's response to the first option would be, but I > suspect their response might well be that they won't get enough return > to justify the cost of producing a FreeBSD native client. > > The second option looks pretty difficult to me -- making a PHP shared > object that links to a Linux shlib but that is itself linked into > various PHP applications. I suspected that databases/linux-oracle-instantclient-basic is virtually useless. > > The future looks Postgresql shaped to me. > I don't believe so. Our in-house sites use Postgres, but sometimes they have to interact with commercial systems (ERP, NetID etc) and I don't envision commercial vendors moving from Oracle to Postgres any time soon. I even considered running sqlplus via ssh but this is too ugly and not compatible with PHP frameworks. Seems that FreeBSD has lost yet another niche in our company. Which is a real pity because Linux is a pain in the ass and Solaris is not free. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru