diff -r 6641e941ef1e -r ff1a9aa48cfd app/django/db/backends/oracle/client.py
--- a/app/django/db/backends/oracle/client.py	Tue Oct 14 12:36:55 2008 +0000
+++ b/app/django/db/backends/oracle/client.py	Tue Oct 14 16:00:59 2008 +0000
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
 from django.conf import settings
 import os
 
-def runshell():
-    dsn = settings.DATABASE_USER
-    if settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD:
-        dsn += "/%s" % settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD
-    if settings.DATABASE_NAME:
-        dsn += "@%s" % settings.DATABASE_NAME
-    args = ["sqlplus", "-L", dsn]
-    os.execvp("sqlplus", args)
+class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
+    executable_name = 'sqlplus'
+
+    def runshell(self):
+        dsn = settings.DATABASE_USER
+        if settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD:
+            dsn += "/%s" % settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD
+        if settings.DATABASE_NAME:
+            dsn += "@%s" % settings.DATABASE_NAME
+        args = [self.executable_name, "-L", dsn]
+        os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)