On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:42:27 -0700 "Adam B. Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> tnsnames is found via the "TNS_ADMIN" environment variable. > > I guess i'll just spend my time trying to ensure the same profiles are > sourced for all my perl scripts. Currently we have 20 different databases > or so, some oracle8, some oracle9. I may keep two copies of the perl > DBD/DBI module. One for Oracle8 and one for Oracle9. For DBD::Oracle, ORACLE_HOME is not used to identify the database to connect with, it identifies where the client files are located. If you always point ORACLE_HOME to the same directory tree, you can still connect to all the other instances. -- 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.
