> First, let me just say that I'm no Oracle guru. :) But while we're waiting > for them...
Thanks, all help appreciated :) > *I think* you need to have Oracle installed even if you wouldn't really > connect to it but instead connect to a different server. Since I installed > Oracle with most of the Linux installations that I did, I haven't really > tried enabling Oracle support in PHP without Oracle on the same server. In > other words, I haven't really tried configuring --with-oci8 without > supplying the path (e.g. --with-oci8=/path/to/oracle/ ). It certainly looks that way. > PHP will look for the needed file when configuring so I don't think you can > really get away without installing Oracle first. (Of course, you can just > try to find out what files are needed, ask a friend to give you a copy, > "trick" php that it exists, etc.--it might not work though...) Yes this is right too. I greabed the SRC RPM for PHP 4.2.2 and edited the spec file to include --with-oci8 but it now throws the following errors: checking for Oracle-OCI8 support... yes, shared checking Oracle Install-Dir... checking Oracle version... configure: error: Oracle-OCI8 needed libraries not found error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.47391 (%build) > Anyway, if you need Oracle, try the OTN site. There's one that you can use > for development. Luckally I had downloaded the Oracle-Linux (Version 8i) installer a few weeks ago incase this problem arised. but the installer is currently taking 98% of my CPU with the Java Runtime and it doesn't seem to be doing a lot else (not even a GUI window yet ..... 20 minutes later). I fear this is too OT for the list though. If anyone does know if I can "trick" PHP by just copying some files from the Oracle-Linux.tar then this would be a great help though. Thanks all for your support. -- 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
