You need to install an Oracle client on you Linux machine, then install
DBD::Oracle. Then you can read perldoc DBI and perldoc DBD::Oracle for more
info on how to connect, etc...
Ilya Sterin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 5:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: new to DBI/Trying to setup DBI
>
>
> Here is what I wish to do with the DBI:
> I want to get my RedHat 6.1 computer to communicate
> with my Personal Oracle 7.3 database on my Windows 95
> machine.
>
> I am having a great difficultly trying to figure out
> all the DBI/DBD stuff.
>
> I installed the lastest basic DBI package on Linux and
> I am getting lost trying to figure out what else I
> need , whether to go with odbc or the Oracle DBD and
> how to set all the other stuff up.
>
> I would greatly appreciate help on this.
>
> Michael Watts
>
>
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