[DB-SIG] cx_Oracle 4.3.2

[Anthony Tuininga]

What is cx_Oracle?

cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle and
conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a few
exceptions.


Where do I get it?

http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net

NOTE: I have changed providers. Please update any links.


What's new?

1) Added methods open(), close(), isopen() and getchunksize() in order
to improve performance of reading/writing LOB values in chunks.

2) Fixed support for native doubles and floats in Oracle 10g; added
new type NATIVE_FLOAT to allow specification of a variable of that
specific type where desired. Thanks to D.R. Boxhoorn for pointing out
the fact that this was not working properly when the arraysize was
anything other than 1.

3) When calling connection.begin(), only create a new tranasction
handle if one is not already associated with the connection. Thanks to
Andreas Mock for discovering this and for Amaury Forgeot d'Arc for
diagnosing the problem and pointing the way to a solution.

4) Added attribute cursor.rowfactory which allows a method to be
called for each row that is returned; this is about 20% faster than
calling the method in Python using the idiom [method(*r) for r in
cursor].

5) Attempt to locate an Oracle installation by looking at the PATH if
the environment variable ORACLE_HOME is not set; this is of primary
use on Windows where this variable should not normally be set.

6) Added support for autocommit mode as requested by Ian Kelly.

7) Added support for connection.stmtcachesize which allows for both
reading and writing the size of the statement cache size. This
parameter can make a huge difference with the length of time taken to
prepare statements. Added support for setting the statement tag when
preparing a statement. Both of these were requested by Bjorn Sandberg
who also provided an initial patch.

8) When copying the value of a variable, copy the return code as well.

Anthony Tuininga