RE: [PHP] Oracle 7 support
| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] | Date: | Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:03:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Oracle 7 support | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Field [mailto:danf@ceredigion.gov.uk]
> Sent: 12 November 2002 12:18
>
> Can anyone tell me if Oracle 7 is supported by PHP 4.2.2 ?
Yes.
> I have found functions specific to Oracle 8i and some more generic
> functions (are these only for Oracle 9?).
No -- the OCI8 functions are actually recommended for Oracle 7 upwards. The
ora_* functions are older and do not use the newer OCI methodology.
Cheers!
Mike
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