Oh boy...

Your questions are certainly demonstrating my ignorance.

I tried to mimic code that I took from part of a perl script I wrote for mysql.

I did not install DBI and don't know if DBD::Oracle is installed nor have I ever heard of it, nor did I even know it was required in order for my script to run.

I am at work and will be away for a bit, but THANKS. You have certainly shed some light into my darkness.

Tony