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authorBoulder Sprinters <boulder-sprinters@djangoproject.com>2007-04-19 18:56:51 +0000
committerBoulder Sprinters <boulder-sprinters@djangoproject.com>2007-04-19 18:56:51 +0000
commit31b1e3aa0436b0debd67013269211391cb435d8b (patch)
treeada3048c6b85b875c5695f6f4f2750ab2988302b /docs
parent3f549ca61d347d7513d4d6bf4ffb4aecedf2336c (diff)
boulder-oracle-sprint: Updated docs to mention Oracle and cx_Oracle where needed.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/boulder-oracle-sprint@5032 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/faq.txt3
-rw-r--r--docs/install.txt3
-rw-r--r--docs/settings.txt4
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt
index 202b73c6be..ac6773d296 100644
--- a/docs/faq.txt
+++ b/docs/faq.txt
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ means it can run on a variety of server platforms.
If you want to use Django with a database, which is probably the case, you'll
also need a database engine. PostgreSQL_ is recommended, because we're
-PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_ and `SQLite 3`_ are also supported.
+PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported.
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _Apache 2: http://httpd.apache.org/
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_ and `SQLite 3`_ are also supported.
.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
.. _`SQLite 3`: http://www.sqlite.org/
+.. _Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/
Do I lose anything by using Python 2.3 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.5?
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diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt
index 4650fd746b..c337be404b 100644
--- a/docs/install.txt
+++ b/docs/install.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ installed.
* If you're using SQLite, you'll need pysqlite_. Use version 2.0.3 or higher.
+* If you're using Oracle, you'll need cx_Oracle_, version 4.3.1 or higher.
+
.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
.. _Django's ticket system: http://code.djangoproject.com/report/1
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ installed.
.. _SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/
.. _pysqlite: http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite
.. _MySQL backend: ../databases/
+.. _cx_Oracle: http://www.python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/
Remove any old versions of Django
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diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index 63b5cceef9..95549d40be 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ DATABASE_ENGINE
Default: ``''`` (Empty string)
Which database backend to use. Either ``'postgresql_psycopg2'``,
-``'postgresql'``, ``'mysql'``, ``'mysql_old'``, ``'sqlite3'`` or
-``'ado_mssql'``.
+``'postgresql'``, ``'mysql'``, ``'mysql_old'``, ``'sqlite3'``,
+``'oracle'``, or ``'ado_mssql'``.
DATABASE_HOST
-------------