From: Dido Sevilla <dido.sevilla@...>
Date: 2005-03-27T00:04:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] ruby-oci8 0.1.10

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:01:13 +0900, KUBO Takehiro <kubo@jiubao.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've released ruby-oci8 0.1.10.
> This is a Oracle module using OCI8 API.
> 
> URL:http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-oci8/

Will this build against the Oracle Instant Client? The only reason why
I haven't used this code in the past and am currently using the
(apparently presently unmaintained) Ruby9i extension and struggling
with some of its bugs is because I previously found it too much work
to build ruby-oci8 against the Instant Client (10.1.0.3). While the
Instant Client libraries are indeed 40+ megs in size, they consist of
only three rpm files (including the ever-handy sqlplus), and are as
such a lot easier to install than an indeterminate amount of the
Oracle RDBMS wherever I need Oracle access.

I'd rather use well maintained code than have to deal with more bugs
in what is for all purposes abandoned code the future. Or at least
have you got some hints on how to use it with the Instant Client?