Re^2: %ENV and DBI

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in thread %ENV and DBI

Thank you, perrin. I tried this:

#!/usr/bin/perl
BEGIN {
    #$ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'}  = '/path/to/orahome';
    #$ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} = '/path/to/orahome/lib';
    system("export ORACLE_HOME=/path/to/orahome");
    system("export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/orahome/lib");
};
use DBI;
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I still get the error using the two system calls or the two $ENV assignments. Any other thoughts?

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Re^3: %ENV and DBI by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 28, 2008 at 16:54 UTC
Because you've commented out the two lines that might have done something and instead started two subshells in which you modify the environment (and then those subshells promptly exit making no difference whatsoever in the parent or any of its descendants). The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]

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