Yes you have to have an Oracle client to get it to DBI DBD to work Most people these days are using the Instant Client
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html I do not really know olite client light I guess it would worded cheers John Scoles > Hi, > I have a quick question . I have an Oracle 10g running on a Sun 9.5 . > I Want to access the Database from perl . I am aware that I need DBI > and DBD module to interface it . However do I also need to install and > configure the Oracle client 'OLITE_10.3.0.2.0_SOLARIS' (Oracle > Database Lite 10g Release 3 (10.3.0.1.0) for Sun SPARC Solaris) . If > yes , Please let me know of any installation document for the same . > Thank YOu > Vivek > >
