[gdal-dev] Two OGR Driver questions: specifically OCI but really a general question

[Frank Warmerdam]

Peter J Halls wrote:
> Dear Team,
> 
>    would someone please explain to me the purpose of the 
> UnboundCreateFeature method?  Within the OCI driver it does not appear 
> that this method can ever get invoked: is it superseded by the 
> BoundCreateFeature method?
> 
>    Secondly, the OCI driver BoundCreateFeature method appears to write 
> the FID value into the feature data structure as well as write it out 
> into the SQL to perform the action; the UnboundCreateFeature method does 
> not.  Is this a requirement?

Peter,

I don't really recall the reason for the bound and unbound versions.
But the unbound case can still be used if the MULTI_LOAD=false layer
creation option is used.

Best regards,
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