Re: Oracle 7 support

Your machine will need the Oracle headers which are included in Oracle Client. So, in two words - your machine needs Oracle client installed. Try doing: echo $ORACLE_HOME in your command prompt -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net Dan Field <danf@ceredigion.gov.uk> wrote... : > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 13:03, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote: > > > -----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. > > That is great news, thanks Mike. My second problem then lies with my > current PHP Setup. I have been using the binary RPMs from RedHat up to > now, which do not sem to have been compiled with the Oracle > functionality included. If I recompile PHP, will I need the Oracle > headers on the machine also? If so this could be a problem as the Oracle > server I wish to use is not on the same machine as the webserver. > > Cheers > > -- > Dan Field > Systems Development Officer - Social Services Dept. > Ceredigion County Council. > > > > ******************************************************************************** > Mae'r neges ebost hon, ynghyd ag unrhyw ffeiliau sydd ynghlwm wrthi, > yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu sefydliad y cyfeiriwyd hi ato. > Pe dderbynioch y neges hon mewn camgymeriad, byddwch > mor garedig a rhoi gwybod i'r rheolwr system. > > Mae'r nodyn hwn hefyd yn cadarnhau bod y neges ebost hon wedi > cael ei archwilio am bresenoldeb feirws cyfrifiadurol gan MIMEsweeper. > > ******************************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > ******************************************************************************** > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >