problem with dbi driver

shyju has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hai,
I am now a perl beginner & working on Win32 system using cygwin 1.5.18-1 . with Perl version 5.8.7 .

I tested a perl script which uses DBI.( The program meant to connect to an oracle server). But an error is thrown like this :

Can't locate loadable object for module DBI in @INC (@INC contains: . /usr/lib/p erl5/5.8/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin /usr/lib/ perl5/site_perl/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_

what i need to do to avoid. I hadn't seen anything about configuring DBI drivers in Cygwin, in any of the Docs.

Expecting ur kind reply,

Thanksfully,
Shyju Thomas

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Re: problem with dbi driver by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Dec 21, 2005 at 05:40 UTC
The error message means a necessary dll is absent. That's an installation problem. Most module packages for win32 contain the dlls since compilers and build tools are so scarce on winders. You could try reinstalling DBI and the Oracle driver from a good repository for your perl vendor's installation. Make sure versions, options, and C compilers match. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re: problem with dbi driver by dokkeldepper (Friar) on Dec 21, 2005 at 10:15 UTC
Possible workaround if the installation of the Oracle-driver fails: use the ODBC driver and connect via ODBC-connection.	[reply]
Re^2: problem with dbi driver by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Dec 21, 2005 at 15:46 UTC
Your advice is sound in general, but the OP's problem appears to be in the DBI installation itself. It hasn't gotten as far as loading any drivers, it would appear. Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.	[reply]