I have faced a major problem with DBI package when I am using perl5.8.4 in solaris 10 box. 
use strict;
use DBI;
use Carp;

sub DB_xxx
   {
    my ($dbUser, $dbPass, $db, $autoCommit) = @_;
    my $dbh;

    # logon to DB
    unless( $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:' . ($$db || ''), $$dbUser
+, $$dbPass,
                                {AutoCommit => $$autoCommit}) )
      {

      croak "Error connecting to database $DBI::errstr \n";

      }

    return $dbh;

   }

my $user = "xxxx";
my $pass = "xxxx";
my $db ;
my $autocommit = 0;
my $dbh = DB_xxx(\$user, \$pass, \$db, \$autocommit);

#problem starts here
#if we so any unix command call or closing an file/pipe #handle after 
+that such as using system() or backtricks it #returns -1 in $! & $? c
+onatins "no child process"
#example
`gzip -cd filename`;
# or system("gzip -cd filename");
#or open ($fh, "gzip -cd filename|");
#or close ($fh);
print "$?:$!\n";

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after a dbi subroutine call any system call as example given above returning the message "no child process for $? & $! conatins "-1" as status. But if we pass value for variable $db in code such as:

 
my $user = "xxx";
my $pass = "xxx";
my $db = "abcd";
#that is valid hostname for oracle.

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the program is running wirhout throwing any warning or $! as 0. I need to implement similar way by which sqlplus utility connect to database in local box only with user/password.

what I want through DBI is:

sqlplus xxx/xxx

what i don't want through DBI is

sqlplus xxx/xxx@abcd

Is it an existing bug in DBI? Is there any solution for this problem.

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In reply to The bug in DBI package by elf_firein

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