Re: DBD:Oracle compatible with Oracle 12

[haukex]

I need to to know if it is possible to install more recent versions of DBI and DBD:Oracle using old Perl 5.16.3

I'm curious why you can't upgrade your Perl? 5.16.3 was released over 6 years ago, and since you're already on a "relatively modern" version of Perl, further upgrades shouldn't be all too difficult. Unless of course you've got modules that are only binary-compatible with 5.16.3 or something?

Minor edits shortly after posting.

[Baldrik]

I would gladly upgrade to a more recent Perl, but that may break some of the programs. We don't have the Perl programming expertise at our organization to handle that quickly - and we need to handle this quickly because our Win 2008 server contract ends 1/14/2020.

[afoken]

I would gladly upgrade to a more recent Perl, but that may break some of the programs.

Perl rarely breaks old code. That's why modern Perl needs use strict, use warnings, use feature - changed defaults would break old code.

We don't have the Perl programming expertise at our organization to handle that quickly - and we need to handle this quickly because our Win 2008 server contract ends 1/14/2020.

Roll out the changes (i.e. the new Perl version) to your test environment and check what breaks. No need for guessing and prejudices.

No test env? Time to clone your production env ASAP. Having a verified(!!!) backup of your production env also sounds like a good idea.

Alexander