cx_Oracle

The module is conforming to the Python DB API 2.0 specification.

This module is currently built against Oracle 9.2, 10.2, 11.1 and 11.2.

It works only on Python 2.x.

What is new in this release:

• Added support for LONG_UNICODE which is a type used to handle long Unicode strings.
• Set the row number in a cursor when executing PL/SQL blocks.
• Added support for setting the module, action and client_info attributes during connection so that logon triggers will see the supplied values.

What is new in version 5.1.3:

• Added support for LONG_UNICODE which is a type used to handle long Unicode strings.
• Set the row number in a cursor when executing PL/SQL blocks.
• Added support for setting the module, action and client_info attributes during connection so that logon triggers will see the supplied values.

What is new in version 5.1.1:

• Simplify management of threads for callbacks performed by database change notification and eliminate a crash that occurred under high load in certain situations. Thanks to Calvin S. for noting the issue and suggesting a solution and testing the patch.
• Force server detach on close so that the connection is completely closed and not just the session as before.
• Force use of OCI_UTF16ID for NCLOBs as using the default character set would result in ORA-03127 with Oracle 11.2.0.2 and UTF8 character set.
• Avoid attempting to clear temporary LOBs a second time when destroying the variable as in certain situations this results in spurious errors.
• Added additional parameter service_name to makedsn() which can be used to use the service_name rather than the SID in the DSN string that is generated.
• Fix cursor description in test suite to take into account the number of bytes per character.
• Added tests for NCLOBS to the test suite.
• Removed redundant code in setup.py for calculating the library path.

What is new in version 5.0.4:

• Added support for Python 2.7.
• Added support for new parameter (port) for subscription() call which allows the client to specify the listening port for callback notifications from the database server. Thanks to Geoffrey Weber for the initial patch.
• Fixed compilation under Oracle 9i.
• Fixed a few error messages.