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

Laptop has version 5.12.3 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread of Strawberry perl installed on it. When Makefile.PL is run, the result is: 

*** Warning: whitespace characters in the current directory path 
(C:/Users/mnoonan/My Documents/strawberry perl/DBD-Oracle-1.28) may ca
+use problems

Using DBI 1.616 (for perl 5.012003 on MSWin32-x86-multi-thread) instal
+led in C:/strawberry/perl/vendor/lib/auto/DBI/

Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.012003 on MSWin32 (MSWin32-x86-mult
+i-thread)

Remember to actually *READ* the README file! Especially if you have an
+y problems.

Installing on a MSWin32, Ver#5.1
Using Oracle in c:/ora11gx32/11.2.0/instant
DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "1102000100" (CHAR)
Oracle version 11.2.0.1 (11.2)
OCI directory not found, please install OCI in 
c:/ora11gx32/11.2.0/instant at makefile.pl line 241.

[download]

Thanks in advance for your help in resolving the above problem. A key perl script that we need to run cannot run until DBD::Oracle is installed.

  • Comment on Cannot install DBD::Oracle on Win7 laptop with Oracle Instant Client installed on it
  • Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Cannot install DBD::Oracle on Win7 laptop with Oracle Instant Client installed on it
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 20, 2011 at 03:04 UTC
[reply]
Re: Cannot install DBD::Oracle on Win7 laptop with Oracle Instant Client installed on it
by mje (Curate) on Jun 20, 2011 at 08:35 UTC

    Avoid installing from a directory path which contains spaces - it breaks some things. From memory it looks like you've got sqlplus on your path as I don't think you get that SQLPLUS_RELEASE line without it. Are you sure you've installed the instant client SDK. As others have said read, the readme in the distribution - it contains lots of useful info.

[reply]

Back to Seekers of Perl Wisdom