extproc_perl allows Oracle stored procedures to be written in Perl. A Perl interpreter is embedded in an Oracle external procedure, and remains persistent for the life of a client session.
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This release fixes a bug with the installation not finding some of the
shared objects for Perl modules. New features include more consistent
error reporting when bootstrapping fails and support for NULL DATE
types.