Re: [Haskell-cafe] Access to Oracle database from Haskell

Oracle OCI interface is quite different between 7/8 and 9/10. And 10 is different from 9 in some respect. I don't know much about 11. Oracle 10.2.0.3 is a stable release, but there are some major server bugs in it, that Oracle had to release 10.2.0.4. I'd recommend Haskell community to focus on 10.2.0.x release. It should be good for another 2-3 years. It is too risky to venture into 11. That said, there is a large enterprise user base that will find Haskell useful if it works with Oracle DB (particularly on linux). On 6/21/08, Paul Moore wrote:

2008/6/20 Alistair Bayley :

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Having just taken a closer took at what Oracle Instant Client is, I suspect that you might have some trouble getting Takusen to compile against it. The Instant Client lacks header files, while Takusen's FFI imports specify oci.h. I don't know what happens if ghc can't find the header files. Oracle do state that the Instant Client is for deployment only; developers (that means you) will need the full client installation.

There's an additional download for the Instant Client which includes the OCI headers.

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