On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:27:44 -0700 "Adam B. Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to staticly link perl DBD with Oracle9. So that it won't > reference the ORACLE_HOME environment variable. (Since there really isn't > any point of checking it anyways... it won't work with anything besides > what it was compiled with) It depends on the platform. What you are really talking about is staticly linking DBD::Oracle into the perl binary. Unless you really have to, you are better off not doing that. In any case, ORACLE_HOME is still needed so the client software can find at least tnsnames.ora and the error message files. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
