Anshu Anshu writes .. > I have one small doubts and I want to share with you to make sure. > >I was using old version of perl5 and couple of scripts were using >DBD, DBI, Time modules. Recently I did upgrade the perl5 version >5.005_03 (with Sun package ). Will upgarding the perl version will >break something ? Because I found that the scripts are not running >properly. Its not able to pull data from Oracle server. I did also try >upgrating DBD and DBI with latest version, It didn't help. >Have you come with such issues ? >Any guess ? better than a guess .. packages that rely on binary or compiled components (like DBI) must be compiled specifically for the version of Perl that they're to work with so .. once you've upgraded your version of Perl you will need to reinstall your binary packages .. you can see the Perl packages that are installed with the perllocal file references: perldoc perllocal -- jason king It is illegal to "annoy a bird" in any city park of Honolulu, Hawaii. - http://dumblaws.com/