You the Oracle-Client Installation on the machine
where you want to use DBD::Oracle.
This should be an option in the Oracle installer.
If I remember correctly Pro*C is an option you
have to select in the installer as well.
cr
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:22:05 +0200, Emma Wermström
(EMW)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Thank you!
>
> I think you understand my dilemma.
> Installing DBD::Oracle requires that I install "some Oracle software such as
>Pro*C", according to the DBD::Oracle README. Do you know exactly what I need?
> I've already installed Apache::DBI and I'm running one of the latest versions of
>perl and mod_perl.
> Thanks again,
>
> Emma
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Lamertz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:11 PM
> To: Emma Wermström (EMW)
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: DBI and Oracle
>
>
> Emma Wermström (EMW) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm a beginner (to databases aswell as perl) trying to use perl code embedded in
>html to access an Oracle database. The trouble I'm having is that the database
>requires two login procedures. The first one to access the actual database and a
>second one to access SQL (sql+) within the database. How can I implement this using
>the
> > $dbh->connect(....) ?
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean. As I interprete your question,
> the first login happens during some telnet/ssh connect on the machine,
> and the second is the SQL+'s username and password prompt?
>
> Using DBI things are different. DBD::Oracle can talk directly to a
> database listener on a foreign machine, without the need to open a shell
> on that machine or start SQL+, so providing the $DBI->connect(...) with
> the correct data - the one you type into SQL+ - should be sufficient.
>
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