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NAME
    Apache::Session::Store::Oracle - Store persistent data in a Oracle database

SYNOPSIS
     use Apache::Session::Store::Oracle;

     my $store = new Apache::Session::Store::Oracle;

     $store->insert($ref);
     $store->update($ref);
     $store->materialize($ref);
     $store->remove($ref);

DESCRIPTION
    Apache::Session::Store::Oracle fulfills the storage interface of Apache::Session. Session data
    is stored in a Oracle database.

SCHEMA
    To use this module, you will need at least these columns in a table called 'sessions':

     id varchar2(32)     # or however long your session IDs are.
     a_session long

    To create this schema, you can execute this command using the sqlplus program:

     CREATE TABLE sessions (
        id varchar2(32) not null primary key,
        a_session long
     );

    If you use some other command, ensure that there is a unique index on the table's id column.

CONFIGURATION
    The module must know what datasource, username, and password to use when connecting to the
    database. These values can be set using the options hash (see Apache::Session documentation).
    The options are DataSource, UserName, and Password.

    Example:

     tie %hash, 'Apache::Session::Oracle', $id, {
         DataSource => 'dbi:Oracle:database',
         UserName   => 'database_user',
         Password   => 'K00l'
     };

    Instead, you may pass in an already-opened DBI handle to your database.

     tie %hash, 'Apache::Session::Oracle', $id, {
         Handle => $dbh
     };

    The last option is LongReadLen, which specifies the maximum size of the session object. If not
    supplied, the default maximum size is 8 KB.

AUTHOR
    This modules was written by Jeffrey William Baker <jwbaker AT acm.org>

    A fix for the commit policy was contributed by Michael Schout <mschout AT gkg.net>

SEE ALSO
    Apache::Session, Apache::Session::Store::DBI