Fixed #10377: Added clearer warning to database notes for cx_Oracle 5.0.

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James Bennett 2009-02-28 06:03:18 +00:00
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Oracle notes
============
Django supports `Oracle Database Server`_ versions 9i and higher. Oracle
version 10g or later is required to use Django's ``regex`` and ``iregex`` query
operators. You will also need a 4.X release of the `cx_Oracle`_ driver,
version 4.3.1 or newer.
Django supports `Oracle Database Server`_ versions 9i and
higher. Oracle version 10g or later is required to use Django's
``regex`` and ``iregex`` query operators. You will also need at least
version 4.3.1 of the `cx_Oracle`_ Python driver.
Note that due to a Unicode-corruption bug in ``cx_Oracle`` 5.0, that
version of the driver should **not** be used with Django;
``cx_Oracle`` 5.0.1 resolved this issue, so if you'd like to use a
more recent ``cx_Oracle``, use version 5.0.1.
.. _`Oracle Database Server`: http://www.oracle.com/
.. _`cx_Oracle`: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/

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wrapper in the standard library, so you don't need to install anything extra
in that case.
* If you're using Oracle, you'll need a 4.X release of cx_Oracle_, version
4.3.1 or higher. You will also want to read the database-specific notes for
the :ref:`Oracle backend <oracle-notes>`.
* If you're using Oracle, you'll need a copy of cx_Oracle_, but please
read the database-specific notes for the
:ref:`Oracle backend <oracle-notes>` for important information
regarding supported versions of both Oracle and ``cx_Oracle``.
If you plan to use Django's ``manage.py syncdb`` command to
automatically create database tables for your models, you'll need to