I've inherited a script that uses DBI to talk to Oracle. Currently, it works fine but only if in I first export ORACLE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my shell. Otherwise I get this:

install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/share/sun/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so' for module DBD::Oracle: ld.so.1: my-dbi_cmd: fatal: libclntsh.so.8.0: open failed: No such file or directory at /share/sun/perl/lib/5.00502/sun4-solaris/DynaLoader.pm line 168.

I tried assigning $ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'} and $ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} in the script; and after that I can system("set |egrep 'ORACLE_HOME|LD_LIBRARY_PATH'"), but I still get the error.

I tried assigning them and then forking off a child to connect, and still get the error.

Surely there is a graceful way to do this within perl?

In reply to %ENV and DBI by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.