Which DBD::Oracle Version is for Me?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, or 10. It ain’t no Feist song, but she got it right. Notice that she mentions no 7 or 8 in it. Well, that is also true for version support in release 1.21 of DBD::Oracle.
With some of the new functionality that was introduced in DBD::Oracle 1.21, you can no longer use the Oracle 7 and most early 8 clients to build DBD::Oracle.
I hope this little table will help you choose which version of DBD::Oracle is right for you.
| Oracle Version | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBD::Oracle Version | <8 | 8.0.3 – 8.0.6 | 8iR1 – R2 | 8iR3 | 9i – 11g |
| 0.1 – 16 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 1.17 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 1.18 | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| 1.19 | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| 1.20 | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| 1.21 | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| 1.22 | N | N | N | N | Y |
As there are dozens and dozens of different versions of Oracle’s clients, I did not bother to list any of them, just the major release versions of Oracle that are out there.
Note that one can still connect to any Oracle version with the older DBD::Oracle versions. The only problem you will have is that some of the newer OCI and Oracle features available in later DBD::Oracle releases will not be available to you.
So to make a short story a little longer:
