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Old 09-09-2010
FSF: Nothing Can Excuse Oracle's Patent Aggression
FSF has issued a statement about Oracle's patent infringement lawsuit against Google over Android. While Google could have avoided all this by using the GPL'd IcedTea and they have yet to take a stand against software patents, still nothing, FSF writes, can excuse Oracle's patent aggression. "Oracle is wrong to use its patents to attack Android," FSF concludes.
They have a number of suggestions on how they think you can help, including searching for prior art. The result of all this, unless Oracle changes course, will be, FSF points out, that everyone will dump Java:
Programmers will justifiably steer clear of Java when they stand to be sued if they use it in some way that Oracle doesn't like. One of the great benefits of free software is that it allows programs to be combined in ways that none of the original developers would've anticipated, to create something new and exciting. Oracle is signaling to the world that they intend to limit everyone's ability to do this with Java, and that's unjustifiable.
If you have prior art, you can place it here or on the End Software Patents wiki, as they suggest, or both.

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oci_set_action

OCI_SET_ACTION(3)														 OCI_SET_ACTION(3)

oci_set_action - Sets the action name

SYNOPSIS

       bool oci_set_action (resource  $connection, string  $action_name)

DESCRIPTION

	Sets the action name for Oracle tracing.

	The action name is registered with the database when the next 'roundtrip' from PHP to the database occurs, typically when an SQL statement
       is executed.

	The action name can subsequently be queried from database administration views such as V$SESSION. It can be used for tracing and  monitor-
       ing such as with V$SQLAREA and DBMS_MONITOR.SERV_MOD_ACT_STAT_ENABLE.

	The value may be retained across persistent connections.

PARAMETERS

	      o $connection
		-An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect(3), oci_pconnect(3), or oci_new_connect(3).

	      o $action_name
		- User chosen string up to 32 bytes long.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Setting the action

	      <?php

	      $c = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');

	      // Record the action
	      oci_set_action($c, 'Friend Lookup');

	      // Code that causes a roundtrip, for example a query:
	      $s = oci_parse($c, 'select * from dual');
	      oci_execute($s);
	      oci_fetch_all($s, $res);

	      sleep(30);

	      ?>

	      // While the script is running, the administrator can see the actions
	      // being performed:

	      sqlplus system/welcome
	      SQL> select action from v$session;

NOTES

       Note

	      Oracle version requirement

	      This function is available when PHP is linked with Oracle Database libraries from version 10 g onwards.

       Tip

	      Performance

	      With  older  versions of OCI8 or the Oracle Database, the client information can be set using the Oracle DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO pack-
	      age. This is less efficient than using oci_set_client_info(3).

       Caution

	      Roundtrip Gotcha

	      Some but not all OCI8 functions cause roundtrips. Roundtrips to the database may not occur  with	queries  when  result  caching	is
	      enabled.

SEE ALSO

       oci_set_module_name(3), oci_set_client_info(3), oci_set_client_identifier(3).

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