I assume you mean: "there is no way to do it without having the Oracle client installed on my linux?"
That is correct - you need the Oracle client libraries installed so that the DBD::Oracle drivers can talk to the Oracle server via the SQL*Net network protocol. The only other way of doing this would be to use DBD::Proxy, but I have never done that. That would a question that would be more appropriate for the dbi mailing list. -Joe --- Angelo Marcos Rigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there is no way to do it without > having a linux box installed on my linux? > > Ângelo Marcos Rigo > Webmaster Colégio Anchieta > http://www.colegioanchieta.g12.br > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Raube [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: quarta-feira, 11 de setembro de 2002 9:40 > To: Angelo Marcos Rigo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: perl and Oracle > > > Before your perl script can run on Linux and connect to the > database > on Windows, you need to have the Oracle client software > successfully > installed on the Linux box - and verify that it works by using the > sql*plus utility, which means you need a tnsnames.ora file on the > Linux box. > > The perl/dbi connectivity is also verified when you install > DBD::Oracle on linux and you run 'make test'. > > -Joe > > --- Angelo Marcos Rigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So i am thinking that my linux will display the perl script > > and that will be located by the windows/oracle tnsnames.ora > > that´s it? > > > > The tnsnames.ora is stored on the windows/oracle? if he does not > > exists > > how can i create it? > > > > thank´s in advance > > > > Ângelo Marcos Rigo > > Webmaster Colégio Anchieta > > http://www.colegioanchieta.g12.br > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Raube [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: quarta-feira, 11 de setembro de 2002 9:25 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: perl and Oracle > > > > > > > there is no need to point the hostname or ip adress of the > > > windows/oracle machine? > > > > > my $dbh = DBI->connect( > > > 'dbi:Oracle:testdb','USERNAME','PASSWORD',) > > > || die "Database connection not made: $DBI::errstr"; > > > > The connect does this via the tnsnames.ora file, which has an > alias > > called testdb, which points to the appropriate database on the > > appropriate host. > > > > -Joe __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
