The new node-oracledb release with Thin mode is coming soon!

[sharadraju]

Hey, We are wrapping up our next release of node-oracledb and boy, have we got something exciting coming soon for you! A 1-step install, 1 MB footprint, and no Oracle Instant Client libraries needed!
Stay tuned to my blog: https://medium.com/@sharad-chandran for more!
Here is a sneak peek of what I tried:

[sosoba]

Hello. I suggest you consider a parallel release of lightweight the thin-only package.
Since npm-cli supports aliases, there is no problem with multiple variants of a common api.

npm install oracledb@npm:oracledb-thin-only

import {getConnection} from 'oracledb';

[cjbj]

@sosoba thanks for the suggestion. In the short term, you will be able to run npm run prune all post install to remove all the thick mode binaries, letting you use Thin mode. https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/main/package/prunebinaries.js

[liudonghua123]

Hello. I suggest you consider a parallel release of lightweight the thin-only package. Since npm-cli supports aliases, there is no problem with multiple variants of a common api.

npm install oracledb@npm:oracledb-thin-only

import {getConnection} from 'oracledb';

This thin mode node-oracledb seems not publish yet.

D:\code\node\oracle_db_test>yarn add oracledb@npm:oracledb-thin-only
yarn add v1.22.17
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
error An unexpected error occurred: "https://registry.npmjs.org/oracledb-thin-only: Not found".
info If you think this is a bug, please open a bug report with the information provided in "D:\\code\\node\\oracle_db_test\\yarn-error.log".
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.

D:\code\node\oracle_db_test>npm install oracledb@npm:oracledb-thin-only
npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/oracledb-thin-only - Not found
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404  'oracledb-thin-only@*' is not in this registry.
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Liu.D.H\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-05-10T04_57_27_136Z-debug-0.log

D:\code\node\oracle_db_test>

[cjbj]

@liudonghua123 the title of this announcement was 'is coming soon' !

Also the syntax you used was a suggestion by @sosoba and won't be the one to use at the time of release.

[jimji1005]

amazing! finally going to be able to ditch my intel 'soon' 👍🏻

[yasirharis]

good job @cjbj @sharadraju . Finally I can remove extra steps and files when using this package.

[kuldeepsinghkarki]

Hi @sharadraju, eagerly waiting for this release as I am on Apple Silicon.
Any tentative dates for the same please as it will help me to schedule my dev plans.

[liudonghua123]

any news about this feature? 😄

[sharadraju]

@liudonghua123 @kuldeepsinghkarki All I can say is that we are in the process of wrapping up! Stay tuned to this GitHub repo / https://medium.com/@sharad-chandran these upcoming days for more updates ;)

[cjbj]

Node-oracledb 6.0 is here ! See #1552