Mapping the OCI API to Perl #1
 
 
- Primary goals
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- Change the API as little as possible
- Oracle OCI documentation should also be Oracle::OCI documentation!
 
- Any changes made should consistently conform to a small set of rules
- So developers can translate the OCI API to the Oracle::OCI API in their heads
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- A handle is represented as a reference to an integer holding a pointer
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- Gives efficient access
- The integer is blessed into a class for type safety and extra functionality