Re: OCI extension help offer

"Thies C. Arntzen" <thies@thiesos.org> wrote... : > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:24:24AM +0200, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > > > > any OCIParse and set the charset. This would be: > > > > 1. more flexible > > 2. would exclude non-authentication functionality with OCILogon > > 3. easier to find for a user > > adding the charset to the logon call is how "the others" do > it. > > we could make the oracle env-handle visible to userspace, but > that would make using the beast more complex. > > adding it to the parse state makes little sense. as this is > not where it's done inside oracle. You're right. I 100% agree and take this thought back. > we are talking about a legacy, more-or-less unsupported > version of oracle here (Oracle7 is no longer supported IIRC). > wasting any brain cyles for that will not bring us forward. > i'd love to see ext/oracle in PECL and slowly fade out. > everything else is not really an option INHO. > > oci8 is the way to go - So, do you think we should start from version 8 and forwards without caring about previous versions support? Well, I can't say that I disagree. True, full functionality would be the best, but is really not as relevant. probably we will consume 60% of our time to satisfy some 10% of the users that will still stick to Ora7. -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net www.PHPBeginner.com // where PHP Begins