I downloaded it from PPM as I'm using Perl v5.8.7 from ActiveState.
Out of desperation, I tried to re-install DBI and DBD::Oracle,
by downloading the zip files from cpan.org
and doing MakeFile and nmake,
but I've just gotten many other error messages,
such as:
Using Oracle in C:/oracle/ora92
DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "902000100" (CHAR)
Oracle version 9.2.0.1 (9.2)
Found oci directory
Using OCI directory 'oci'
Found oci/lib/MSVC/oramts.lib library
Unable to find required Oracle OCI files for the build. Please
+check
that you have your OCI installed in your oracle home (C:/oracle/
+ora92)
directory and that it has the following files (and probably more
+):
C:/oracle/ora92\oci\include\oratypes.h
C:/oracle/ora92\oci\lib\MSVC\.lib
Please install OCI or send comments back to dbi-users@perl.org
if you have an OCI directory other than oci.
Alternatively, if you're using ActiveState perl on Windows try
ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.3/DBI.pp
+d
ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.3/DBD-Or
+acle.ppd
at C:\Perl\lib\DBD-Oracle-1.18\Makefile.PL line 258.
So, gathering what I have heard from the ChatBoard
and other web sites I've found and the above error,
I think you need the full developer version of Oracle,
in order to run DBD::Oracle.
The developer next door (he's not a Perl person)
told me that my machine does have OCI because
I am using SQL plus and Toad,
but we've concluded that there are other Oracle files
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If my memory serves me correctly, when you use PPM to install DBD-Oracle, it prompts you to download a complete set of Oracle client drivers and then sets them up under the Perl root somewhere, but I could be confusing that with something else. One important thing in your Perl code is to set $ENV{ORACLE_HOME} before you try to use DBI->connect to open an Oracle connection. Your co-worker may be right as well. I don't have my work machine in front of me so I can't tell you offhand, but basically you may want to re-run the Oracle Installer and make sure you've selected all the options for client-side drivers.
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