Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:38:43 +0200 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> To: Jesus Rodriguez <jesusr@worldonline.es> Cc: Adrian Urquhart <adrian@devnet-uk.net>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, PHP4 + Oracle Message-ID: <3A5D9B43.171F4AEE@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101102021440.12093-100000@wol38.tm.bcn.worldonline.ct>
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Jesus Rodriguez wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Adrian Urquhart wrote: > > > Hi > > > > As far as I could find out, the main problem is that FreeBSD doesn't > > have Java support, which is required to run (at least, install) Oracle > > and there is no Oracle port for FBSD. There have been reports of people > > using Linux emulation to install Oracle, but I'm not sure how successful > > they were, or how difficult it is. In our case we weren't using PHP, but > > wanted to compile DBD::Oracle for running on a FBSD box. In this case, > > there had to be enough of Oracle installed to be able to run the ProC > > compiler. We gave up and set up a Linux machine for the job. > > Thanks for the answer but i think i have not explained clearly what i > want :) > > I have Oracle on Solaris boxes, so no problem for that. What i need is getting > PHP4 compiled with OCI8 support on FreeBSD for make queries from those php > applications on FreeBSD boxes to the Oracles in the Solaris boxes. > > I know i need to install the Oracle client libraries on FreeBSD for compiling > PHP4 with OCI8 and i've seen a lot of problems with people trying to do this and > i have not been able to find a clear answer or solution... that's why my > question. > > Thanks. > > > Things may have changed since then (about 4 months ago). If there is a > > solution, I'd like to hear it too. > > > > HTH > > > > Adrian Urquhart > > devnet (uk) ltd. > > > > Jesus Rodriguez wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've been trying to find some reference to know if is possible to > > > have php4 compiled with oci8 (oracle) support but i can't find > > > any real and definitive answer. > > > > > > Is it possible? > > > I guess, than more clean solutions would be leave Oracle on Linux, and set FreeBSD apache as reverse proxy for Linux machine, or use some middleware tools for Oracle access. (such as our mod_cbroker http://www.gradsoft.com.ua/eng/Products/cbroker/cbroker.html). > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > JesusR. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > Saludos > JesusR. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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