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Connect Loopback to Oracle
http://loopback.io/doc/en/lb3/Oracle-connector.html
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Support for Node v8? #152

Closed fubz closed 6 years ago

fubz commented 6 years ago

Will this project ever support Node v8, or is there an alternative?

joostdebruijn commented 6 years ago

I use it on Node 8 and 9 without any problems. Which problems do you encounter?

fubz commented 6 years ago

During the setup process, there is a step that downloads pre-compiled binaries that vary depending on the node version. When I install using node8, there binaries are not there and the install fails.

joostdebruijn commented 6 years ago

Ah, I worked around that by explicitly installing node-oracledb as dependency in my own project (remember that you'll have to install the 1.x version of node-oracledb). The loopback-oracle-installer will detect that install and goes ahead.

However, I hope #149 will get merged soon, as that will resolve this issue.

fubz commented 6 years ago

I finally got a chance to try out your suggestion. I was able to get my loopback-connector-oracle install with node v8, (currently in my development environment which is Windows 7 unfortuantly).

A couple of notes, these are incomplete, but many of the issues I encountered are well documented around the oracledb github.

First, remove node_modules from the project. It really makes the install easier and with less conflicts. Then, npm install oracledb@^1 then, npm install loopback-connector-oracle@^3 (I previously had 2, that would not work) then a final npm install to finish the rest of the project dependencies. And finish with a npm rebuild to get rid of the old binaries that were build for node v6 that was previously on my system.

In the middle of that there was some dependency hell and pre-reqs that caused a couple hours worth of reading through documentation for oracledb. But relative to other Oracle documentation, it was well documented and proceeded forward smoothly.

fubz commented 6 years ago

Restarted my computer today and received: [project_path]\node_modules\oracledb\build\Release\oracledb.node is not a valid Win32 application. sigh time to figure out where the heck a 32 bit library came from

cjbj commented 6 years ago

@fubz check the common thing first: does PATH contain the correct version of the Oracle libraries?

fubz commented 6 years ago

My PATH was a problem. This issue prompted me to reformat my development PC, it was needed and it allowed me to better setup my environment. I really hope we see PR 149 sometime soon. Having to deal with oracledb v1.x is a configuration nightmare.
Thanks everyone for your efforts, your efforts do not go unnoticed.