Hi,

Here's some code below:

#!c:\Perl\bin\perl.exe

use strict;

use DBI;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser set_message);
set_message("There has been a problem submitting this form. Please con
+tact the Reception desk.");
$CGI::POST_MAX=1024 * 100; # max 100k posts
$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS = 1; # no uploads allowed
use Data::Dumper;

my $user='foo';
my $pwd='bar';

my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:Oracle7', $user, $pwd, { RaiseError =
+> 1 }) or die "Failed to connect to $DBI::errstr\n";

my $sql = "insert into users (surname,forename,title,nationality,dob,g
+ender,email,status,created,created_by)
values
('Smith','Fred','Mr','UK','27031972','m','f.smith\@hotmail.com','Frien
+ds',SYSDATE,'SelfReg')";

print "SQL is [$sql]\n";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) || do {
    die "Failed to prepare\n" };

$sth->execute;


$sth->finish;

$dbh->disconnect;

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The error message from the log is: 

c:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\apache\cgi-bin\TEST_I~1.CGI: DBI connect('Oracle7
+','foo',...) failed:  at c:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\apache\cgi-bin\TEST_I~1
+.CGI line 18

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The failure is at the connect().

How can I test to see if it's a port/connection problem that's causing it?
Many thanks,
Mike

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: perl db connection problems by foobarbaz
in thread perl db connection problems by foobarbaz

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