My situation is simple (to describe). I have Oracle 8.1.7 installed on a solaris 2.8 environment. I have a multitude of linux systems that need to connect to said server, via perl. Oracle, as is its purpose, will be housing a database...duh. The various linux systems need to be able to access that database through Perl.
Do I REALLY have to install Oracle on all these systems, just to connect via Perl? Aside from the fact that when I run runInstaller that it just sits there (can be resolved...but still)...isn't a minimal install almost a gig? Seems like an extreme waste to install Oracle on many linux servers just so they can connect to the Sun server that the Oracle database I want to connect to is on. Can anyone clue me in here? What do I need to be able to have my linux boxes connect to the Oracle server via Perl? Every README seems to assume a local Oracle install...why? Is what I'm trying to do not valid enough? Eventually, I'll even want to have windows clients connect to the Oracle database via Perl. Hate to think I'd need to go around installing Oracle on ever person's box that needs to do this... Help?!? Brian LaMere Diversa
