Also learn about CPAN. Either
'cpan'
or
'perl -MCPAN -e shell'
will get you to the CPAN shell. It will ask you to configure it; be sure to use the
suggested
UNINST=1
in the make parameters if you are installing as root, as this prevents (in most cases)
multiple copies of modules.
Then you can
install DBD
or search for it with
/i DBD/
and then install it.
There are some instructions that come with the DBD::Oracle and they say you need Pro*C
and SQLNet to compile the driver.
Search these archives for more help.
Greg
Gregory L. Hering
4807 Bradford Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
(256) 722-6420
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Kopacz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 8:59 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Please! Please! Please! Please! Help
>
>
> I am very new to the Linux/Oracle/Perl world coming from a
> many many years of a Windows environment.
>
> I have self learned everything I know about this new environment.
>
> So far I have successfully installed Redhat 9 in an Intel box
> and have gotten Oracle 9I running correctly. I can run
> scripts via sqlplus, sqlldr etc.
>
> Perl (I think ver. 5.8.0) is running on the box and I can
> create and run scripts that do other processes but I have had
> no success in getting Perl to connect to the Oracle database
> to generate some reports. With my experience using MS-SQL
> there is no major issues with the actual queries and
> processes in the perl scripts just establishing the connection itself.
>
> From what I have found on the net it looks like I need to
> install DBI and DBD but I do not know where to start. I have
> downloaded DBD-Oracle-1.14 from CPAN and read the readme. A
> few of the lines in
> the readme say
>
> Build, test and install the DBI module (at least DBI 1.08).
> It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!
>
> Remember to *read* the DBI README file and this one CAREFULLY!
>
> Where do I find the DBI module and the readme file?
>
> I have read A Guide to Installing Modules from perlmonks.org
> and feel a small level of comfort in the install but some
> kind of instructions for someone like me who is trying to
> make the transition from windows would be a big help. Does
> something like this exist? If so where?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
>
> p.s. I hope this is the correct way to post and ask for help.
> p.p.s I do NOT want to do any of this via MS-Windows. I
> won't learn anything this way.
>
>
>
>
