$Id: README,v 1.2 2003/12/27 23:46:47 jeff Exp $

extproc_perl enables Oracle stored procedures and functions to be written
in Perl.  It uses Oracle's external procedure interface to create Perl
interpreters on the fly to execute Perl subroutines.  These interpreters
are persistent throughout the life of the database session.

Please send all bug reports, questions and suggestions to jeff@smashing.org.

More information can be found at http://www.smashing.org/extproc_perl

REQUIREMENTS
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o A version of Solaris or Linux supported by Oracle
o Perl 5.6.1 or later
o shared libperl, threading disabled (threading perl crashes extproc_perl)
o Oracle 8i (8.1.7 or later) or 9i server with OCI development libraries and
  headers (problems have been reported with versions earlier than 8.1.7)
o DBI and DBD::Oracle 1.14 or later

DOCUMENTATION
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There is a comprehensive user's guide available on the web at
http://www.smashing.org/extproc_perl/userguide.html.  This is the official
documentation for extproc_perl.
