Re: Is my perl install 32-bit or 64-bit?

You should have what they promised. A 32-bit application that can do 64-bit integer arithmetic and will not have problems with files over 2 GB in size. But it internally uses 32 bit pointers and so should be linked to the 32-bit library.

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Re^2: Is my perl install 32-bit or 64-bit? by mwans (Novice) on Dec 22, 2008 at 23:04 UTC
Thanks, so using this default version, it appears I'll need to build against the 32-bit Oracle client. I wonder if I'll have any problems with building against the 32-bit client while the 64-bit client is still installed...	[reply]
Re^3: Is my perl install 32-bit or 64-bit? by tilly (Archbishop) on Dec 23, 2008 at 04:07 UTC
That I can't answer since i have not had to work seriously with Solaris in this millennium. But I suspect that they have compatibility figured out and it will work.	[reply]
Re^3: Is my perl install 32-bit or 64-bit? by mwans (Novice) on Jan 05, 2009 at 16:14 UTC
I just wanted to follow up in case anyone else encounters a similar environment. We installed the 64-bit Oracle 11g client and it came with the 32-bit libraries in the "lib32" directory. Following instructions in the DBD:Oracle readme, we added the Oracle Client's "lib32" directory to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. We were then able to make and install the DBD:Oracle module. The "make test" process failed miserably due to some sort of Testing module issue, but a test connection worked. If I encounter more issues, I'll follow up, otherwise it worked fine.	[reply]