The DBD::Oracle documentation states that if your database resides on the same machine as your Perl code, then you can use a local IPC connector rather than TCP. My initial thought to this is that local IPC should be quicker.

The DBD::Oracle docs, however, do not cover Oracle 9i which is what I am using. The connection methods stated in the DBD::Oracle docs produce the error
DBI connect('','user',...) failed: ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach)
when I try running: 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

BEGIN {
        $ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = '/app/oracle/product/9.0.1';
        $ENV{TWO_TASK}    = 'P:mydb';
}

use DBI;

$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:', 'user', 'pass') || die $!;
$dbh->do("select 1 from dual");
$dbh->disconnect;

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The DBD::Oracle docs suggest running $ORACLE_HOME/bin/adapters to make sure that the IPC adaptor is installed - mine is: 

Installed Oracle Net Tranport Protocols are:

    IPC
    TCP/IP
    BEQueath
    SSL
    RAW

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I did find a reference to a problem of this sort on Usenet but the article doesn't provide much help.

Can someone please suggest how I could connect to Oracle 9i with DBD::Oracle using something other than TCP/IP? If anyone has done this before, does a non-TCP/IP connection improve performance?

As you will be able to tell from my recent posts, I am having quite a lot of difficulty getting Oracle 9i to play nicely with Perl under my circumstances :)

Many thanks,

==fx, Infinity Is Colourless

In reply to Connecting DBD::Oracle without using TCP/IP by fx

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