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hi,

Port:   oracle7-client-0.02
Port:   p5-DBD-Oracle-1.14

all you need to connect to oracle7/8/8i databases (and may be 9 also try yo=
ur luck)

rgds,

S H A N


On Tue Oct 21, 2003 at 03:07:00AM SGT, Louis LeBlanc wrote:

> Hey all.  I'm sure this has been asked a few times, but I've not found
> the answer to my specific question regarding Oracle on FreeBSD.
>=20
> Here goes:  I don't need to run the Oracle server on FreeBSD, so I'm
> not above simply copying in the headers and libraries by hand.  So the
> installation procedure is NOT necessary.  The handbook and FAQ do not
> discuss actually *linking* linux specific libraries.
>=20
> Here's the real question:  Is anyone out there linking CLIENT
> applications that successfully connect to a separate Oracle server?
>=20
> If this can be done easily enough, then I may be porting a very high
> volume network application (500+ HTTP transactions/sec on a base
> Netra running Solaris8) to FreeBSD 5.x.  The problem is that I am
> inextricably tied to Oracle.
>=20
> If anyone has had any experience in this area, I'd certainly
> appreciate some pointers.  I'd also appreciate knowing if anyone has
> actually built an Oracle client on Linux and run it on FreeBSD.
>=20
> And no, I don't believe Linux is being considered as an actual runtime
> platform option.
>=20
> TIA
> Lou
> --=20
> Louis LeBlanc               leblanc@keyslapper.org
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