[DB-SIG] cx_Oracle 4.3.3

[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


What's new?

1) Added method ping() on connections which can be used to test
whether or not a connection is still active (available in Oracle 10g
R2).

2) Added method cx_Oracle.clientversion() which returns a 5-tuple
giving the version of the client that is in use (available in Oracle
10g R2).

3) Added methods startup() and shutdown() on connections which can be
used to startup and shutdown databases (available in Oracle 10g R2).

4) Added support for Oracle 11g.

5) Added samples directory which contains a handful of scripts
containing sample code for more advanced techniques. More will follow
in future releases.

6) Prevent error "ORA-24333: zero iteration count" when calling
executemany() with zero rows as requested by Andreas Mock.

7) Added methods __enter__() and __exit__() on connections to support
using connections as context managers in Python 2.5 and higher. The
context managed is the transaction state. Upon exit the transaction is
either rolled back or committed depending on whether an exception took
place or not.

8) Make the search for the lib32 and lib64 directories automatic for
all platforms.

9) Tweak the setup configuration script to include all of the metadata
and allow for building the module within another setup configuration
script

10) Include the Oracle version in addition to the Python version in
the build directories that are created and in the names of the binary
packages that are created.

11) Remove unnecessary dependency on win32api to build module on Windows.

Anthony Tuininga