Before trying other things I would try something like: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
BEGIN {
    unless ($ENV{DONE_RESTARTING_MYSELF}) {  # avoid endless loop...
        $ENV{DONE_RESTARTING_MYSELF} = 1;
        $ENV{ORACLE_HOME}     = "/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/client_1";
        $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = "/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/client_1/l
+ib32:/usr/local/lib/sprolib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:
+/usr/dt/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ucblib";

        exec $0, @ARGV;    # <---
    }
}
use DBI;
# ...

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Or simply use a shell wrapper around your Perl script: 

#!/bin/sh
export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/client_1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/client_1/lib32:/usr/
+local/lib/sprolib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/li
+b:/usr/lib:/usr/ucblib

/path/to/your/script.pl

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As for the ELFCLASS64 error, the reason is that the (64-bit) lib is being found in /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/client_1/lib, instead of the 32-bit one in the .../lib32 directory that you tried to specify via LD_LIBRARY_PATH — because setting the env variable too late (after exec of perl) doesn't have any effect, as already mentioned.

In reply to Re^3: Env Variables by almut
in thread Env Variables by LinuxUser2008

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