> > > Thanks to the various responders. I did issue a newbie > alert, and I have to > say some of the responses are (way) over my head. 8-( > > "Install DBD::Oracle": yes, but how? It seemed to me that > simply placing the CPAN Oracle.pm source in the DBD folder > would be a good start, then I would simply add more bits and > pieces till it all worked (ha). Am I supposed to be doing > something with 'setup.exe's or 'make's? (I don't have a > Windows C compiler, and I certainly don't have enough C > expertise to start down the road of building from scratch.)
Ok -- how about this. Try (re)-reading the link I posted and tell me what I can do to improve it for you (i.e. ask me questions about it specifically to help you understand, so that it can help someone else better). http://ftp.esoftmatic.com/DBI Thanks, Jeff > > *** > > On my personal XP machine, I do have an AS Perl 5.8 plus > Apache 2.0.52, but haven't yet made the two products work together. > > On this company XP m/c, I have the pre-built Apache + Perl > from perl.apache.org, which I think is a little back level. > Even so, as it's only a skeleton test environment inside a > VPN, I'd prefer to make this m/c work, rather than xfer > everything to the personal m/c and start over. All I want is > for this m/c to be able to issue:- > > $dbh = DBI->connect(q{dbi:Oracle:}, $uid, $pw) > or die qq{Unable to connect to $flubdub : $DBI::errstr\n}; > > and establish a rational dialogue with $flubdub. (Honest, > the variables are all filled in correctly, as I didn't write > that bit...) > > In hopes, tx, G. >
