#!/usr/bin/perl -w # please pardon the *nix-isms! BEGIN { $ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = '/path/to/oracle/install'; } use DBI; use strict; my $db = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:host="oracle.host.com";sid="whatever"', $user, $pass) or die "Can't connect to server: $DBI::errstr\n"; print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; print "Hey, I got this far!";