diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2ac8730..87e33b3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ in memory database on my Ubuntu machine I'm starting Python by running ::
 Now I have to configure JPype
 
 >>> import jpype
->>> jar = '/path/to/my/driver/hsqldb.jar'
+>>> jar = r'/path/to/my/driver/hsqldb.jar'
 >>> args='-Djava.class.path=%s' % jar
+>>> jvm_path = jpype.getDefaultJVMPath()
 >>> jpype.startJVM(jvm_path, args)
 
 or in Jython I have to
@@ -101,12 +102,35 @@ Supported databases
 In theory every database with a suitable JDBC driver should work. It
 is known to work with the following databases:
 
-* `SQLite 3 <http://www.sqlite.org/>`_ using `SqliteJDBC
-  <http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/>`_ v056
-* `Hypersonic SQL (HSQLDB) <http://hsqldb.org/>`_ 1.8.1.3
-* `IBM DB2 <http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/>`_ for z/OS using
-  JDBC type 4 drivers.
-
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
+|Database                                 |JDBC driver                                     |Supported      |Remarks               |
++=========================================+================================================+===============+======================+
+|`SQLite                                  |`SqliteJDBC                                     |Good           |Can't interpret       |
+|<http://www.sqlite.org/>`_               |<http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/>`_ v056      |               |selected BLOBs        |
+|3                                        |                                                |               |correctly.            |
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
+|                                         |`Sqlite Java Wrapper                            |Medium         |Weird type handling.  |
+|                                         |<http://www.ch-werner.de/javasqlite/>`_         |               |                      |
+|                                         |javasqlite-20110106-win32                       |               |                      |
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
+|`Hypersonic SQL (HSQLDB)                 |Builtin                                         |Very Good      |No BLOB support       |
+|<http://hsqldb.org/>`_ 1.8.1.3           |                                                |               |by database.          |
+|                                         |                                                |               |                      |
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
+|`Hypersonic SQL (HSQLDB)                 |Builtin                                         |Medium         |Weird decimal         |
+|<http://hsqldb.org/>`_ 2                 |                                                |               |type                  |
+|                                         |                                                |               |conversions. No       |
+|                                         |                                                |               |BLOB support.         |
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
+|`IBM DB2                                 |JDBC type 4 drivers from IBM (``db2jcc.jar``)   |Medium.        |Not thoroughly tested |
+|<http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/>`_|                                                |               |but seems to work     |
+|for z/OS                                 |                                                |               |without problems.     |
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
+|Oracle 11g                               |Oracle Thin Driver                              |Medium         |Not thooughly         |
+|                                         |                                                |               |testst. No support for|
+|                                         |                                                |               |rading of timestamps  |
+|                                         |                                                |               |yet.                  |
++-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------+
 
 Contributing
 ============
diff --git a/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py b/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py
index 7edaba0..378b65c 100644
--- a/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py
+++ b/src/jaydebeapi/dbapi2.py
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ class Cursor(object):
         for col in range(1, self._meta.getColumnCount() + 1):
             sqltype = self._meta.getColumnType(col)
             # print sqltype
+            # TODO: Oracle 11 will read a oracle.sql.TIMESTAMP
+            # which can't be converted to string easyly
             v = self._rs.getObject(col)
             if v:
                 converter = _converters.get(sqltype)
diff --git a/src/test/data/create.sql b/src/test/data/create.sql
index b372a6f..e47ca90 100644
--- a/src/test/data/create.sql
+++ b/src/test/data/create.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ create table Account (
 "DBL_COL" DOUBLE,
 "OPENED_AT" DATE,
 "VALID" BOOLEAN,
-"PRODUCT_NAME" VARCHAR,
+"PRODUCT_NAME" VARCHAR(50),
 "STUFF" BLOB,
 primary key ("ACCOUNT_ID")
 );
diff --git a/src/test/integration_test.py b/src/test/integration_test.py
index d36036e..b45e8eb 100644
--- a/src/test/integration_test.py
+++ b/src/test/integration_test.py
@@ -91,12 +91,15 @@ class IntegrationTest(TestCase):
         #                           'jdbc:hsqldb:mem', 'SA', '')
         # conn = jaydebeapi.connect('com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver',
         #                           'jdbc:db2://4.100.73.81:50000/db2t',
-        #                           getpass.getuser(),
-        #                           getpass.getpass())
+        #                           user, passwd)
         # driver from http://www.ch-werner.de/javasqlite/ seems to be
         # crap as it returns decimal values as VARCHAR type
         # conn = jaydebeapi.connect('SQLite.JDBCDriver',
         #                           'jdbc:sqlite:/:memory:')
+        # Oracle Thin Driver
+        # conn = jaydebeapi.connect('oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver',
+        #                           'jdbc:oracle:thin:@//hh-cluster-scan:1521/HH_TPP',
+        #                           user, passwd)
         return jaydebeapi, conn
 
     def setUp(self):