$Id: Changes,v 1.29 2006/08/11 13:27:35 jeff Exp $
2.51 Fri Aug 11 09:26:43 EDT 2006
* fix for x86_64 (and probably other 64-bit platforms)
* fix bug where only one OUT parameter would be populated when passing
multiple OUT parameters
* use perl's cccdlflags in compilation
2.50 Fri Apr 7 15:51:15 EDT 2006
* new spec parser using Parse::RecDescent
* relinking is no longer needed for new procedures
* "create_wrapper" removed in favor of "create_extproc"
* cleaned up source code formatting
* new testing infrastructure with better coverage
* changed some default configuration options in Makefile.PL
2.01 Thu Sep 16 16:16:18 EDT 2004
* New "reparse_subs" option enables reparsing of changed subroutines
* Removed distracting debugging output from ora_exception
* New upgrade script
* The filename argument for import_perl is now optional. It will
default to the name of the function with a ".pl" extension.
2.00 Tue Apr 20 13:54:35 EDT 2004
* Added "new" method for creating new OCIDate objects
* Added "setdate_sysdate" method for setting OCIDate objects to current
system date/time
* Added "ddl_format" procedure for overriding default ddl_format
* Updated bundled documentation
1.99_09 Thu Apr 15 13:26:05 EDT 2004
* better runtime error reporting
* fixed problem importing source code > 4000 bytes
* be more forgiving with whitespace in prototypes
1.99_08 Mon Apr 12 11:57:09 EDT 2004
* per-database configuration directives (dbname:config)
* increase theoretical max_code_size to 4 GB
* increase default max_code_size to 32768
* new option to output DDL in package body format
* added ddl_format column in perl_config view
* fixed prototype parsing to require FUNCTION/PROCEDURE declaration and
to allow an empty argument list
* prototypes can now be specified in the perl source
* removed obsolete columns from code table
* autoload some module subroutines to reduce parsing overhead
1.99_07 Wed Feb 25 18:24:39 EST 2004
* fixed crash in perl_config and perl_status views
* implemented preliminary test suite for "make test"
* fixed "always NULL" VARCHAR2 return values in directly executed code
* fixed missing null indicators for numeric IN OUT & OUT parameters
* removed pending support for opcode security
* removed DBD-Oracle 1.14 patch from distribution -- 1.15 includes the
patched code
1.99_06 Sun Feb 1 16:55:17 EST 2004
* ExtProc module is now built as a shared object
* libperxsi.so no longer retains old version of ExtProc when upgrading
* can now run 'perl -cw' to check syntax if you preload extproc_perl.so
* create trusted code directory during installation if it doesn't exist
* rewrote gen_module_libs so it works more reliably
* installation will warn you when shared objects are not found
* bootstrap failure errors are now more consistent and verbose
* is_null and set_null methods manipulate NULL status of oracle
datatype objects
1.99_05 Sat Jan 17 16:59:49 EST 2004
* support for DATE types
* methods for manipulating DATE values in Perl
* existing libperlxsi is no longer overwritten during installation
* set NULL indicators for IN OUT & OUT types
* fix inc_path_to_mflag crash on solaris
1.99_04 Sat Dec 27 18:48:07 EST 2003
* implement NULL, LENGTH, and MAXLEN indicators for variable length
data types like VARCHAR2
* allow user-defined attributes in dbi_connect
* move put_line into ExtProc and remove from ExtProc::Util
* implement filehandle interface to put_line
* make ExtProc object-oriented (needed for put_line filehandles)
* correctly pass NULL parameters as undefined scalars for directly
executed subroutines
* autogenerate external procedure DDL in Perl.create_wrapper
* wrote the user's guide (currently only available online)
1.99_03 Sat Dec 6 22:51:11 EST 2003
* disallow eval in taint mode
* register .fini function (ELF) to call pl_shutdown at library unload
VERY EXPERIMENTAL, but it seems to work well on both linux & solaris
* can register user-defined destructors using register_destructor
* implement IN OUT and OUT parameters
* changed Perl.create_wrapper syntax to better reflect Oracle's syntax
* prefix C wrapper function names with EP_ to prevent name clashes
* full documentation is now available from the user's guide
1.99_02 Tue Nov 18 11:00:11 EST 2003
* can directly call Perl subroutines, bypassing the generic
func & proc wrappers
* Perl.create_wrapper creates C wrappers for directly calling subs
* beginnings of support for non-VARCHAR2 IN & RETURN values (just
integers for now)
* perlxsi.mk and other relinking files are now installed in the
trusted code directory
1.99_01 Sat Nov 8 12:19:19 EST 2003
* initial alpha release (pre-2.0)
CHANGES BELOW ARE RELATIVE TO the 1.03 codebase:
* globals incorporated into single global EP_CONTEXT struct to minimize
use of globals and lay the groundwork for future threading support
* gen_module_libs rewritten in perl for portability & accuracy
* all oracle functions/procedures now in "Perl" PL/SQL package
* perl function is now Perl.func
* perl_p procedure is now Perl.proc
* former "special subroutines" are their own PL/SQL procedures in the
Perl package
* func & proc now take up to 8 arguments by default
* debugging and tainting support are always built in
* new configuration file with various runtime options
* tainting is now a runtime setting
* bootstrap file path is a runtime setting
* can specify additions to @INC as a runtime setting
* can specify debug directory as a runtime setting
* simple_query.c and simple_query functions decommissioned
* oci.c now contains all significant OCI routines
* ExtProc "convenience" routines removed
* new fetch_code routine dedicated to fetching code from database
* code in database now stored as VARCHAR2 instead of CLOB
* support for per-session namespaces (packages)
* renamed ExtProc::exception to ExtProc::ora_exception
* ExtProc::is_function & ExtProc::is_procedure will tell you the
context of the current call
* split module shared objects into their own library, libperlxsi,
so they can be maintained separately from extproc_perl.so
* perlxsi.mk Makefile is installed to facilitate linking new modules
* perl_config view contains configuration settings