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| author | James Bennett <ubernostrum@gmail.com> | 2009-02-28 06:03:18 +0000 |
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| committer | James Bennett <ubernostrum@gmail.com> | 2009-02-28 06:03:18 +0000 |
| commit | 5fcd75ce141b43059c722ff1f92e671d9e1a1997 (patch) | |
| tree | d03d163f33d05397855bf88c46c22b22bfc1c919 /docs | |
| parent | db2a95f6f58f5593dbcee8dcf51f3e9d71449708 (diff) | |
Fixed #10377: Added clearer warning to database notes for cx_Oracle 5.0.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@9922 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/databases.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/install.txt | 7 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 69e1a7065b..c2d3cffbfb 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -366,10 +366,15 @@ version of SQLite. Oracle notes ============ -Django supports `Oracle Database Server`_ versions 9i and higher. Oracle -version 10g or later is required to use Django's ``regex`` and ``iregex`` query -operators. You will also need a 4.X release of the `cx_Oracle`_ driver, -version 4.3.1 or newer. +Django supports `Oracle Database Server`_ versions 9i and +higher. Oracle version 10g or later is required to use Django's +``regex`` and ``iregex`` query operators. You will also need at least +version 4.3.1 of the `cx_Oracle`_ Python driver. + +Note that due to a Unicode-corruption bug in ``cx_Oracle`` 5.0, that +version of the driver should **not** be used with Django; +``cx_Oracle`` 5.0.1 resolved this issue, so if you'd like to use a +more recent ``cx_Oracle``, use version 5.0.1. .. _`Oracle Database Server`: http://www.oracle.com/ .. _`cx_Oracle`: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/docs/topics/install.txt b/docs/topics/install.txt index 7965b96834..413359943a 100644 --- a/docs/topics/install.txt +++ b/docs/topics/install.txt @@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ installed. wrapper in the standard library, so you don't need to install anything extra in that case. -* If you're using Oracle, you'll need a 4.X release of cx_Oracle_, version - 4.3.1 or higher. You will also want to read the database-specific notes for - the :ref:`Oracle backend <oracle-notes>`. +* If you're using Oracle, you'll need a copy of cx_Oracle_, but please + read the database-specific notes for the + :ref:`Oracle backend <oracle-notes>` for important information + regarding supported versions of both Oracle and ``cx_Oracle``. If you plan to use Django's ``manage.py syncdb`` command to automatically create database tables for your models, you'll need to |