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Debug it. Does it work from a command-line script? Does it work when don't use it until after startup.pl? Is it looking for some environment variables that aren't being set? Try doing a require inside an eval block and checking the error message in $@. Usually things like this have to do with permissions, finding tnsnames.ora, and other little environment issues.
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Re: Re: httpd fail to start when I include DBD::Oracle in the startup.pl
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 16, 2002 at 23:00 UTC
    Yes.the program ran from a command line and it also worked with "require".It doesnt work only if I put it in startup.pl . i am also not able to get an error message because it works everywhere.
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      I think I see the problem. Your use statement is being executed before you set ORACLE_HOME. Try this (use Apache is not needed): 
      BEGIN {
    $ENV{ORACLE_HOME}='/home/';
}
use Apache::DBI();
use DBI();
use DBD::Oracle();
use Apache::MyModule;

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