Oracle support please about vim-dadbod

[tpope]

They require an account, won't allow the email to contain a plus sign, and don't even have a .deb. The zip file is just a hodgepodge of files, and the RPM shoves everything in /usr/lib/oracle/12.2/client64, meaning I have do a bunch of ldconfig and PATH bullshit just to get it to run. This is after discovering the first option, "basic client", is not in fact the standard client.

I'll say it again, "I don't have half a day to dedicate to getting an Oracle installation working."

[tpope]

Yes, even if you don't know VimL, it should be pretty easy to cargo cult a working adapter. I'd do it myself but I don't have half a day to dedicate to getting an Oracle installation working.

[wspurgin]

You could add it yourself? The adapters are pretty simple.

[Kaned1as]

@tpope I believe you can take docker image for Oracle XE (like this one) for quick start

[tpope]

That'll get me a server. How can I get a client?

[Kaned1as]

Here you go: Oracle Instant Client.

That's the package containing sqlplus, the shell to Oracle database, and ODBC libraries needed to connect.

Last I know you can download these without any form of registration.

[Kaned1as]

Okay, okay 😉
I have no intentions of pushing you over the bridge into proprietary abyss.

[bstaletic]

Not promising anything, but my work revolves partially around an Oracle DB, so I might try to make an oracle adaptor.

[tpope]

Try the oracle branch.

[prabhu-madanagopal]

:DB oracle://<user>@<sid>
prompts me for password which is good.
After I enter password, a split window briefly appears and disappears. So I can't tell what the error is.

[tpope]

It's probably not a split window but :silent !sqlplus .... You can try stripping out the silent, or better, pass a query so the output is captured and loaded into the preview window.

[prabhu-madanagopal]

It works closing the ticket. It seems to print the sqlplus output in preview, but I was looking for formatting or browsing the output similar to https://github.com/cosminadrianpopescu/vim-sql-workbench but more lightweight. How can I find out the functions or usage of vim-dadbod? Thanks

[tpope]

It's not closed till it's merged.