Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/23/06 02:52

Mladen Gogala wrote:
> I recently reported a bug about problem with OCI8 driver
> and here is a little exchange that I had with a developer
> with nickname "tony2001". Obviously, persuading people to
> check the report is rather hard. Next time I encounter a bug,
> I will not report it. The bug number is:36119
>
> 22 Jan 2:39am CET] gogala at sbcglobal dot net
>
> Description:
> ------------
> If I link PHP 5.1.2 with
> --disable-pdo --with-oci8=$ORACLE_HOME
>
> I am not able to connect. If I relink with
> --with-oci8=$ORACLE_HOME --with-pdo-oci
>
> the server starts working. Here is the error code:
>
> href='function.ocilogon'>function.ocilogon</a>]: OCIEnvNlsCreate()
> failed.
> There is something wrong with your system - please check that
> ORACLE_HOME
> is set and points to the right directory in
> /usr/local/PHP/adodb/drivers/adodb-oci8.inc.php on line 228, referer:
>
> Reproduce code:
> ---------------
> Any connect to ORACLE
>
> Actual result:
> --------------
> [Thu Jan 12 19:26:11 2006] [notice] Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) PHP/5.1.2
> configured -- resuming normal operations [Thu Jan 12 19:26:20 2006]
> [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: ocilogon() [<a
> href='function.ocilogon'>function.ocilogon</a>]: OCIEnvNlsCreate()
> failed.
> There is something wrong with your system - please check that
> ORACLE_HOME
> is set and points to the right directory in
> /usr/local/PHP/adodb/drivers/adodb-oci8.inc.php on line 228, referer:
> http://localhost/dba/dba_helper.php
>
> [22 Jan 2:44am CET] tony2001@php.net
>
> OCI8 and PDO are totally different and presence of PDO doesn't affect
> OCI8 in any way.
> If you get the error message you get - "there is something wrong with
> your system - please check that ORACLE_HOME is set and points to the
> right directory".
>
> [22 Jan 6:08am CET] gogala at sbcglobal dot net
>
> Tony, I have 17 years of experience as an Oracle DBA. Such a
> mistake is highly unlikely for me, even if the problem wasn't reproduced
> independently. Unfortunately, Andy Hassall has also
> reproduced it. See the recent thread called "5.1.2 woes" on
> comp.lang.php
>
> [22 Jan 2:02pm CET] tony2001@php.net
>
>
>>Tony, I have 17 years of experience as an Oracle DBA
>
> And you think that causes the problem?
> Or why do you mention this?
>
> I *KNOW* that PDO and OCI8 are independent modules, so this is
> definitely your misconfiguration.
>
> [22 Jan 5:03pm CET] gogala at sbcglobal dot net
>
> Well, I know that this is a bug, but I am not going to pick
> a fight. Thanks for not checking. Next time I find a bug, I will not
> report it. I will publish the contents of this little
> exchange on the usenet. God bless.
>
>
>

I just posted in there, also. I was able to duplicate the bug with the
information you gave me.


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