[DB-SIG] [cx-oracle-users] cx_Oracle 5.1.2

[James C. McPherson]

On 11/07/12 02:50 PM, Anthony Tuininga wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:43 PM, James C. McPherson
> <James.McPherson at oracle.com>  wrote:
>> On  7/07/12 01:30 PM, Anthony Tuininga wrote:
>>>
>>> What is cx_Oracle?
>>>
>>> cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle and
>>> conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a few
>>> exceptions.
>>
>>
>> Hi Anthony,
>> Could I clarify with you please, is it possible to build cx_Oracle
>> so that I can support several different versions of the rdbms from
>> the one cx_Oracle installation?
>>
>> ie, do I need a separate build for each 10g/11i/... version that I
>> want to support, or can one build support them all (assuming a certain
>> minimum rdbms version)?
>
> The client you use is what matters. There are some situations where
> the client won't work correctly with the server but they are few and
> far between. You should be able to pick one client and access
> databases of any current version (10i and 11g whether 32-bit or
> 64-bit) and use them with one cx_Oracle install. Hope that helps.

That helps quite a lot, thankyou.


James C. McPherson
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