> Thank you for your input. Sorry I forgot to put the
> version of my
> DBD::Oracle and here it is
> PPM> query DBD::Oracle
> DBD-Oracle [1.12] Oracle database driver for the DBI module
That's a bit old, 1.12 is from 2001. Also, where did you get it from?
And what version is your Oracle database, and client?
> However, I am not sure exactly how to recompile DBD-Oracle against
> Oracle8i.
Sounds like you're on Windows if you're mentioning PPM.
If you have Microsoft Visual C++ you can follow the DBD::Oracle
documentation to recompile it, or get the CPAN module to do it like other
modules (once you've got the environment set up anyway).
http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBD-Oracle/
If not, Jeff Ulwin maintains some compiled ActiveState versions of
DBD::Oracle here:
ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.4/
... one of which may suit your purposes.
>The data that is in the blob is zipped/compressed XML data.
>
> Also, please note that I am using Cygwin to run the Perl
> application.
If you're using Cygwin's Perl, then 'ppm' wouldn't work. Are you sure
you're using Cygwin's Perl, and not ActiveState Perl?
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