bitzy790 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, We are having difficulty getting perl to talk to oracle client on hpux 11. Here's the error:
-> ./CreateApplicationList.pl 
install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.
+8.6/PA-RISC2.0-thread-multi/au
to/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.sl' for module DBD::Oracle: No such file or direc
+tory at /opt/perl5/lib/5.8.6/P
A-RISC2.0-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
at (eval 6) line 3
Compilation failed in require at (eval 6) line 3.
Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expecte
+d
at ../lib/OracleWebDB.pm line 136
[talon:/home/cb43610/onesrcutil/empmaint/scripts]

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-> OracleWebDB.pm is my module that tries to connect. Not sure why this has been do hard! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Edit by castaway - added code tags

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Re: perl to oracle client on unix
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Feb 02, 2005 at 19:51 UTC
    Did anyone install the module DBD::Oracle? Did anyone install the necessary Oraclient libraries? Those are necessary ...

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      Yes, DBD is installed, and we thought we installed all the necessary Oraclient libs. I was hoping based on the error, someone might now what we missed, or need to change.
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        Those two issues are the usual ones. Also - are you using the same Perl as the one you used to install DBD::Oracle? Did you use the same C-compiler when install DBD::Oracle as the one used to compile Perl?

        Another question - what do you get when you type in: 

        perl -MDBD::Oracle -e 'print DBD::Oracle->VERSION, $/'

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        Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing.
        Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid.
        Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
        Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.

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