From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-09-30T18:24:00+09:00
Subject: Compiling Oracle extension under Windows

Three weeks ago, I posted a message (which was a bit cryptic I'll admit) about
compiling the Oracle extension under Cygwin and got no response.  I'm beginning
to take the hint that Cygwin is 'processa non grata' as far as Ruby and Windows
is concerned.

So I've installed the proper Windows distribution of Ruby, and still am unable
to compile the Oracle (OCI) package by Yoshida Masato.  The instructions are
for VC++ and Cygwin.  I don't have VC++, and am not using Cygwin, so I'm trying
to use MinGW, which is like halfway between.

And I'm basically not getting anywhere.  I have many times compiled programs
under Unix (and Cygwin), but Windows seems to me to be an appalling development
environment from this point of view.

If anyone has successfully compiled the Oracle OCI under Windows, *please let
me know*.  I've looked through the ruby-talk archives, and it seems that this
topic never gets answered.

Regards,
Gavin

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Gavin Sinclair                                       Software Engineer
Sydney, Australia                            Soyabean Software Pty Ltd