I've tried to get DBI::Oracle working, but gave up. Version of Perl is ActivePerl 5.8.8 Build 122. Downgrading is not an option. I need something that will work and can be easily installed/setup on a Windows XP 32 bit computer and a Windows 2008 Server 2008 64 bit. Connection on Windows XP will be a Oracle XE DB (10g) and in Windows Server 2008 it will be an Oracle 11g DB. I was trying to use what I'm familiar w/ which is would be my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Oracle:host=" . $host . ":" . $port . ";sid=" . $sid, $user, $passwd); I'm open to using DBI ODBC, but I'm not sure what I would have to do since the connection parameters are different. The DB is remote and I know the host, port, sid, username, and password. Is there anothe perl module or method for Oracle DB connection? I'm used to Java where its pretty simple (grab a oracle file and throw it in the project and add a few lines and your good to go. Any ideas? Or code examples to get me going with ODBC?

In reply to Perl Module for Oracle DB Connection? by kgnickl

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