On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 03:56:48PM -0400, Jim Spath wrote: > Thanks for the input everyone. > > You are right Tim, it turned out the Sys Admin had only installed the > "Instant Client". Once we used the developer install, everything worked > out OK. Should I be able to install with the instant client only?
Not yet. I believe Oracle are working on fixing this (they'll be an SDK add-on to "Instant Client"). Tim. > What made me think that DBD::Oracle 1.15 would not work (or would need a > hack) was this post: > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=DBD::Oracle+1.15+oracle+10g+linux+twea > k&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=aofi20lvmogulfe3o8kabf3g6meenj560u%40 > 4ax.com&rnum=1 > > But now that I look at it, it seems to simply be a suggestion for > improving the install process. > > Thanks again! > - Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Bunce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:33 PM > To: Jim Spath > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Oracle 10.1.0.2, RedHat AS, and DBD::Oracle > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:24:02AM -0400, Jim Spath wrote: > > We got a fancy new RedHat AS server here at work, and our Sys Admin > > installed the Oracle 10.1.0.2 client on it (although the Oracle server > > is running version "Oracle8i Release 8.1.7.4.0"). SQL*Plus seems to > > work fine for connecting to our Oracle servers, despite the version > > difference. > > > > I was attempting to install DBD::Oracle on this machine and, as you > > might expect, ran into a few problems. > > > > I guess my first question is: Should I even try to install DBD::Oracle > > (v 1.15) with Oracle 10.1.0.2 on RedHat AS? My sense of the situation > > is that this version of Oracle is too recent for DBD::Oracle, and I > > would prefer _not_ to make hacks/tweaks that are out of the ordinary > to > > get it to work. > > > > If DBD::Oracle can work with Oracle 10.1.0.2, how exactly do I go > about > > installing it? My problem is that it says my ORACLE_HOME is not > valid, > > even though I can run SQL*Plus. > > Sounds like it's using the new Oracle Instant Client. > > Should work fine. You can ignore (disable) the ORACLE_HOME error. > You may need to 'fiddle around' a bit but we can't help more without > specific information (see the README for what we'd need). > > Tim. > > >
