Have we lost the Oracle driver?

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

I just had a quick look at the LC externals/database  and the runtime/externals/database folders. There are still dboracle... files in it.
So at least the drivers are there.


Matthias


> Am 01.03.2022 um 16:24 schrieb Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> A long time ago I used to access Oracle directly from a LiveCode app.
> 
> For some years now I've only done this via ODBC, though I don't recall why that changed.
> 
> The Dictionary entry for revOpenDatabase lists five variants ("mysql", "odbc",  "sqlite", "postgresql", "oracle"); but the User Guide (p. 303) lists three plus ODBC.
> 
> Now I'm trying to access an Oracle database directly again (in the IDE), and when my code hits
> 	revOpenData("oracle", ....)
> 
> it breaks into the debugger as if there was a breakpoint on that statement - there isn't; it switches to but the "Errors" tab says "No errors found".
> 
> However after 'stepping', it halts altogether and the errors tab says
> 
> 	execution error at line n/a (External handler execution error: revdberr,driver not licensed for this edition)
> 
> As I understand it there is now only one edition (with a buffet of deployment platforms), the Standard Plan, and my account says that I have a "LiveCode Professional" license (I admit that I am thoroughly confused about plans, licenses etc). Oracle isn't mentioned in the "Pro Feature Pack" either.
> 
> Is Oracle supported? If so what do I need to do to access that?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ben
> 
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