[ale] Oracle DBI install -Perl/Linux

[Byron A Jeff]

> 
> How do I do this?  The Oracle instance resides on another host machine.  I
> am trying to connect from a perl client on Linux to the Oracle database on
> another machine.  I know the name of that host....  the README.clients file
> was not helpful.

I did this once as while ago. There is one critical piece of information that
your are going to find irratating: You must install at least some part of
Oracle for Linux on your client for it to work. The Oracle DBI module uses
a set of libararies from the Oracle installation in order to do it's job.

So what the error message below is saying is for you to get and install
Oracle for Linux, then set the ORACLE_HOME environment.

A part of how DBI for Oracle works is outlined here:

http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/10/DBI.html

I hope this gives you some insight.

Another possibility is that maybe you can use the ODBC DBD to access the
Oracle DB. That way you won'y have to install Oracle to use it.

BAJ

> 
> john
> 
> 
> The ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set.
>   It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation directory
>   on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture).
>   See the README.clients file for more information.
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 

_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale