README.md

go-oci8

Description

Golang Oracle database driver conforming to the Go database/sql interface

Installation

Install Oracle full client or Instant Client:

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/instant-client/downloads/index.html

Install a C/C++ compiler

Install pkg-config, edit your package config file oci8.pc (examples below), then set environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH to oci8.pc file location (Or can use Go tag noPkgConfig then setup environment variables CGO_CFLAGS and CGO_LDFLAGS)

Go get with Go version 1.9 or higher

go get github.com/mattn/go-oci8

Try the simple select example:

https://godoc.org/github.com/mattn/go-oci8#example-package--SqlSelect

If you have a build error it is normaly because of a misconfiguration, make sure to search close issues for help

oci8.pc Examples

Windows

prefix=/devel/target/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=C:/app/instantclient_12_2/sdk/oci/lib/msvc
includedir=C:/app/instantclient_12_2/sdk/include

glib_genmarshal=glib-genmarshal
gobject_query=gobject-query
glib_mkenums=glib-mkenums

Name: oci8
Description: oci8 library
Libs: -L${libdir} -loci
Cflags: -I${includedir}
Version: 12.2

Linux

prefix=/devel/target/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=/usr/lib/oracle/12.2/client64/lib
includedir=/usr/include/oracle/12.2/client64

glib_genmarshal=glib-genmarshal
gobject_query=gobject-query
glib_mkenums=glib-mkenums

Name: oci8
Description: oci8 library
Libs: -L${libdir} -lclntsh
Cflags: -I${includedir}
Version: 12.2

MacOs

Please install pkg-config with brew if not already present. Download the instant client and the sdk and unpack it e.g. in your Downloads folder and create therein a file names oci8.pc. Please replace <username> with your actual username.

prefixdir=/Users/<username>/Downloads/instantclient_12_2/
libdir=${prefixdir}
includedir=${prefixdir}/sdk/include

Name: OCI
Description: Oracle database driver
Version: 12.2
Libs: -L${libdir} -lclntsh
Cflags: -I${includedir}

You also have to set these environment variables (e.g. permanently by adding them to your .bashrc)

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/<username>/Downloads/instantclient_12_2
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/Users/<username>/Downloads/instantclient_12_2

SQL Examples

SQL examples can be found in the GoDoc reference:

https://godoc.org/github.com/mattn/go-oci8

And in _example:

https://github.com/mattn/go-oci8/tree/master/_example

Author

Yasuhiro Matsumoto (a.k.a mattn)

Special Thanks

Jamil Djadala