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Attached are the modified patches based on your suggestions.
I have tested them with my own module cx_Oracle and they
appear to work correctly. Any further suggestions would be
appreciated. I would like to see this included for Python
2.4 if at all possible. Please let me know what I need to do
(if anything) to get this to happen.

As for the TimeFromTicks() routine, Oracle has absolutely no
use for a "time-only" data type and does not support it. It
clearly does not have broad support so I really have no
desire to implement it since I will never use it myself. If
you consider it important, you could add it yourself or we
could wait until someone else who requires it for their
implementation of the DB API requires it. I'm not trying to
be rude or trying to denigrate the DB API, simply trying to
be practical. Please let me know if this is offensive in any
way. Thanks.