Yeah, check out JDBC.pm. It does exactly that. I use it precisely because I don't have the oracle client environment handy.
-Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:13 AM > To: inline@perl.org > Subject: Re: Inline::Java + JDBC > > Sorry I took so long getting back. What I mean is can I use > Inline::Java > to setup a database connection and then pass that connection > off to the > Perl side so I don't need to have the Oracle client installed. I am > thinking probably not. > > :Robert > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not sure what you mean. Could you give an example? Do you mean the > > JDBC.pm module, or just JDBC in general? > > > > -Ken > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Robert Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 9:41 PM > >> To: inline@perl.org > >> Subject: Inline::Java + JDBC > >> > >> Can I pass a db connection made with JDBC to the rest of > my script or > >> would I have to do all my reading from the db and then pass > >> that info to > >> my script? > >> > >> :Robert > >> >