Question: I thought the whole point of ODBC is that it can be used to read any database??

To install DBD:Oracle I need to have Oracle installed on my UNIX box. We have a client Oracle installation through a third party which requires this, but it does not have all of the needed files. For example, Pro-C etc.

Comment from README file 


    Install enough Oracle software to enable DBD::Oracle to build.
    That usually includes Pro*C and SQL*Net. That's not very specific
    because it varies so much between Oracle releases.

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Since this is a 'proof of concept' project, and since time is short, and since bureaucracy takes for ever to purchase anything, I had hoped to do this with open source stuff.

I went to my DBM and asked about Oracle for UNIX and they did not have any info for me. The Oracle web-site is simply a labyrinth of confusion.

Is this really not possible to do??

Anybody know anything about DBD-Proxy?

Thanks, Sandy

In reply to Re: Re: Trying to connect to an Oracle DB on Windows from DBD:ODBC on UNIX. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Trying to connect to an Oracle DB on Windows from DBD:ODBC on UNIX. by Anonymous Monk

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