Re: DBD Oracle ORA_XMLTYPE Seg Fault

[dave_the_m]

A seg fault implies a bug in one of perl, DBI, DBD::Oracle, or the Oracle drivers (rather than in your code). If possible, upgrade to the newest version of each of those, and if the problem doesn't go away, report it as a bug: probably to the DBD::Oracle maintainers initially.

Dave.

[grump-]

Upgraded the DBD::Oracle to 1.52. It still seg faults. I should also mention that I do not have control over the Oracle end. Does the output need to be Perl friendly xml? Or can it just be any kind of string?

[dave_the_m]

Upgraded the DBD::Oracle to 1.52. It still seg faults.

So you haven't tried upgrading perl, DBI, or the oracle drivers? What versions are they currently at?

I should also mention that I do not have control over the Oracle end. Does the output need to be Perl friendly xml? Or can it just be any kind of string?

I don't know what "output" you are referring to. Note that I know nothing about Oracle's XML and stored procedures etc; I commented in this thread purely to point out that a segfault implies a bug in some part of the perl system you are using, rather than a bug in your code itself (which is not to say your code isn't buggy too; I have no idea about that.)

Dave.