Oracle 8i / ORACLE_HOME in registry

[Tim Callaghan]

Tim,

Can you please let me know why DBD:Oracle will not run on an Oracle 8.1.6
client machine?

By default, 8.1.6 does not create a registry key for ORACLE_HOME.  The
machines in question have no problem executing Enterprise Manager, SQL*Plus,
or PowerBuilder applications so I have to believe the installation of Net8
is not an issue.  

If I create HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ORACLE_HOME and put
C:\Oracle\Ora81 in my registry everything works fine.

Thanks for your time,
Tim Callaghan