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Masthead

URL

http://www.oracle.com/index.html

FAQ

http://www.orafaq.com/

Wiki

http://www.orawiki.com/

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_database

license

commercial; free for development from [http://www.oracle.com/technology//index.html Oracle Technology Network]; [http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html Oracle XE] is free for production and development(and an excellent option all-around)

platforms

Unix, Linux, win32, win64

DB API 2.0 Drivers

DCOracle2

URL

http://www.zope.org/Members/matt/dco2

licence

ZPL

platforms

Unix, win32

Python versions

Extensions to DB API

Comments

cx_Oracle

URL

http://www.computronix.com/utilities.shtml

licence

[http://www.computronix.com/download/License(cxOracle).txt BSD like]

platforms

Unix, win32

Python versions

2.2 - 2.4

Oracle versions

8i - 10g

Extensions to DB API

Comments

While trying to install the cx_Oracle Python utility, I encounter the following error:

sh-2.05b# python setup.py build

running build

running build_ext

building 'cx_Oracle' extension

gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/devtools/oracle/product/8.1.5/rdbms/demo -I/devtools/oracle/product/8.1.5/rdbms/public -I/devtools/oracle/product/8.1.5/network/public -I/usr/local/python2.4/include/python2.4 -c cx_Oracle.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/cx_Oracle.o -DBUILD_TIME="January 21, 2005 11:19:47"

cx_Oracle.c:10: xa.h: No such file or directory

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Where can I find the xa.h file? The only package I could find online that provides any such file is a cd i/o library, and that doesn’t seem right.

I am running a 2.4 linux kernel, trying to install cx_Oracle-4.0.1 on top of Python 2.4.

I have tried the beta package which should be more 2.4 compatible, but still no luck. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Other Drivers

driver name

URL

licence

platforms

Python versions

Programming Model

Comments

Supported Python Applications

• ["Zope"]
• an Oracle (DCOracle and DCOracle2) driver exists for ["PyDO"] (Python Data Objects)

Pros

Cons

• Requires bloated Oracle client installation on any machine that the app will run on

Weblinks

http://www.orafaq/com/forum

http://www.oracle-10g.de/oracle-wiki

http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_10g_documentation/index.htm

http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_9i_documentation/index.htm

http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_8i_documentation/index.htm

http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_7_documentation/index.htm

http://prpi.blogspot.com/