[A previous version of this question was asked on dbi-users -- I haven't gotten any response there. Not sure which list to post to.]
Hi, I'd like to find out how to build/install DBD::Oracle with one version of Oracle client but then deploy it with a potentially different client version, say on a server without the original client version (or with it installed in a different location). It seems like the Oracle client libraries can be loaded dynamically at runtime, based on ORACLE_HOME, so there doesn't need to be a dependency on those exact client libraries that were used at build/install time. Another way of asking: How does ActiveState deploy DBD::Oracle without needing to build it (maybe no C compiler is available), on servers with different versions of the Oracle client libraries installed? I've searched the archives for both dbi-dev and dbi-users and can't find this issue addressed, although I did see a similar issue asked once. If there's any reference material that I have overlooked, could you please point it out. The README for DBD::Oracle seems to indicate that this is not possible or not advised, but then what is ActiveState doing to make it work? Thanks!-- John
