cx_Oracle for CentOS allows access to Oracle and conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a number of additions. The method cursor.nextset() and the time data type are not supported by Oracle and are therefore not implemented. cx_Oracle for CentOS is a Python extension module. cx_Oracle for CentOS module is currently built against Oracle 9.2, 10.2, 11.1 and 11.2.
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What's new in version 5.1.2
Version 5.1.2 has added support for LONG_UNICODE which is a type used to handle long unicode strings.