Hello,

When I run a script from shell using DBI and I have LIBPATH set to something other than when DBI was compiled, I get a install_driver(oracle) error and the script dies.

$dbh = DBI->connect(dbi:Oracle:etc.....)

unsetting LIBPATH always works. The problem is I want to trap this error so the script doesn't die if someone executes it with the wrong LIBPATH. The only way I have found to do this is the expensive operation of calling

my @drivers = DBI->installed_versions;

and then check to see if Oracle is there before I DBI->connect.

I have tried all methods of RaiseError, PrintError and eval around the DBI->connect, but all still die with the install_driver(oracle) error.

Additionally, since the linkers cache the LIBPATH value before the script even executes (from what i understand), i can't unsetLIBPATH in a BEGIN block either.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can deal with this other than using DBI->installed_versions ?

Editted by BazB: fixed formatting/code tags.

In reply to DBI problems. by dbaad

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