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Creating an Oracle Database

Create the Oracle database for Movable Type before you begin the installation. Follow instructions provided by Oracle and any standards set by your organization. Movable Type will initialize the database and create the necessary tables and indices.

Before you install Movable Type, collect the following information about the database:

  • Name
  • User name
  • Password
  • Server name or IP address (if not localhost)
  • Port number (if not the default: 1521)

Configuring UNIX/Linux for Oracle Database

On UNIX/Linux Web servers, you must set environment variables for Oracle in your Apache configuration file (either server-wide or for a particular virtual host). If mod_env is available, add these lines to the configuration file:

<IfModule mod_env.c>
 SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /path/to/oracle
 SetEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /path/to/oracle/lib
</IfModule>

Where /path/to/oracle is the path to the directory where the Oracle database is installed on your server and /path/to/oracle/lib is the directory where Oracle database libraries are installed.

Warning: Due to a problem with Oracle LOB field handling, DBD::Oracle 1.23 is not recommended nor supported by Six Apart. DBD::Oracle 1.22 or earlier is recommended until such time as a new version of DBD::Oracle is released.

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