Re: Which versions to use

Myself I would go with the latest version of both but unfortunately now
you have opened a new kettle of fish as there is no workable precompiled
binary distribution for windows. From about DBD::Oracle 1.16 onwards
you will need to compile it yourself as Oracle does not allow 3rd
parties to redistribute their binaries. On can use the instant client
from oracle if you do not have an Oracle DB.

If you look at the README.win32.txt in the DBD::ORACLE distribution
there is a good tutorial on how to compile it yourself, allot of
downloading I'm afraid, and you have to use Microsoft Visual C++ toolkit
2003, not supported anymore by MS but the links to a mirror of it are
still good. I have just recently looked it over again and all the links
and instructions are still current.

If you go to Activestate and use their PPM you might be able to get a
hold of an earlier DBD::Oracle binary 1.16?? which could work for you.

Cheers
John Scoles


COUPRIE Kees wrote:
> So finally, after struggling with DBD 1.48 and DBI-Oracle 1.12 for some time, I now have permission to upgrade to newer versions.
>
> Newby question: which versions should I use. Is it advisable to use the latest version of both or should I stick to certain
> combinations and/or older versions?
>
> For what it's worth, I'm an a WIN32 box without any compilers (sigh) so I'm stuck with precompiled binary distributions.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kees Couprie
>