Thanks Scott, much appreciated!
Jared On Thursday 29 November 2001 06:08, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > Ilya has DBI 1.20 & DBD-Oracle 1.12 available, > > From Earlier Posts, > > I made the DBI 1.20 available for windows PPM utility. > > This is how you must install. > > You must first set your repository to www.xmlproj.com/PPM by doing... > > ppm set repository XMLPROJ http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM > > Then you can install using > > ppm install DBI-1_20 > > > Let me know if everything works. > > Ilya > _________________________________ > > D:\>ppm > PPM interactive shell (2.1.5) - type 'help' for available commands. > PPM> set repository XMLPROJ http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM > PPM> search DBD-Oracle* > Packages available from http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM: > DBD-Oracle-1_12 [1.12] DBD-Oracle 1.12 > Packages available from > http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver.pl?urn:/ > PPMServer: > DBD-Oracle [1.06] Oracle database driver for the DBI module > DBD-Oracle8 [1.06] Oracle 8 database driver for the DBI module > PPM> install DBD-Oracle-1_12 > Install package 'DBD-Oracle-1_12?' (y/N): y > Installing package 'DBD-Oracle-1_12'... > Bytes transferred: 98144 .... > > Mark > > On 29-Nov-01 Jared Still wrote: > > Imagine my dissapoint at the results of running my new script > > on Win32 and seeing the message below: > > > > DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: ORA-00932 inconsisten datatypes > > ( DBD oexfet error; e.g., can't select LOB fields using DBD::Oracle > > built for Oracle 7 ) > > > > > > This all runs fine on Linux, Oracle 8.1.7, Perl 5.6.1 and DBD::Oracle > > 1.12. > > > > Alas, the win32 ActiveState DBD is 1.06 and apparently compiled with > > moth eaten old libs. > > > > I've found some references in the archives to using blob_read ( ala LONG > > columns ), but those are a year old. > > > > Does anyone know of an alternative to the PPM that is available at > > ActiveState? Rewriting is an option ( not a very attractive one mind you > > ) but I don't really want to go that route. It's not a lot of code, but > > it's rather disheartening to use an archaic method to work with new > > features. > > > > Only on windoze. > > > > Sigh... > > > > Jared > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Scott T. Hildreth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 29-Nov-01 > Time: 08:04:58 > ----------------------------------
