Re: [cx-oracle-users] xa.h missing

[Anthony T. <an...@co...>]

Jim Baker wrote:
>   Anthony Tuininga wrote:
> 
>> Simply including the file would be simpler I'd agree but are there any 
>> implications with respect to distributing code which is not my own? Is 
>> it enough to simply state that this section of code comes from xa.h 
>> and leave it at that or is something more elaborate required? I've 
>> left it alone since in general those who are missing these files have 
>> not installed all of the developer packages for Oracle -- Oracle makes 
>> this fairly easy to do, unfortunately. Any others have comments?
>>
>> Harri Pasanen wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I saw someone else had hit the same problem on linux, where by xa.h 
>>> header was not found.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be prudent to inline the relevant bits in cx_Oracle.c, as 
>>> xa.h does not seem to be a standard include?  The only place I could 
>>> find it was on a windows machine Oracle 9.2 directory, at 
>>> rdbms/demo/xa.h.
>>>
>>> I modified my local copy by adding the following in cx_Oracle.c, in 
>>> place of #include "xa.h"
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>>
> Anthony,
> 
> I agree with your decision on IP grounds.
> 
> The one time this caused an issue for us is when we tried installing 
> cx_Oracle with the new 10g Instant Client on RHEL3. Oracle on RHEL3 
> requires 10g or patches to 9iR2, available only under the support 
> contract, which is gray for us because we are outside consultants to our 
> customer with actual support; cx_Oracle requires such dev files as xa.h.
> 
> So an obvious solution for now is the full install of Oracle 10g client, 
> and building cx_Oracle on the target machine. Obviously an even easier 
> solution for Instant Client users - and that sort of describes this type 
> of user - would be an RPM for 10g. (Hint, hint! :) )

I hope to be able to do that for the next release (which will be 4.1).

> For those who don't know about the client: 
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html.
> 
> - Jim
> 
> PS
> 
> BTW, Anthony, kudos for making such a robust & useful package available!

You're welcome.

-- 
Anthony Tuininga
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