1. First of all upgrade your perl it's too old (perl is now up to 5.8). 2. to got http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl and click on MSI
3. do not forget to set properly your PATH to contain C:\Perl\bin if you have installed perl under C:\Perl like most of people do. 4. if your web connection is via a proxy then set following env_var first: HTTP_proxy=http://yourproxy:port (ex: htpp://proxy.ourdomain.com:8080) HTTP_proxy_user=user_name (if required) HTTP_proxy_pass=password (if required) For more info check http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html#ppm_and_proxies 5. open your dos and type ppm I have re-installed my DBI to show you how the prompt looks like : Do not forget to install DBD::Oracle as well. <MY_PAST> C:\>ppm PPM interactive shell (2.1.5) - type 'help' for available commands. PPM> remove DBI Remove package 'DBI?' (y/N): y PPM> remove DBD::Oracle Remove package 'DBD-Oracle?' (y/N): y PPM> remove DBD::MySQL Remove package 'DBD-MySQL?' (y/N): y PPM> install DBI Install package 'DBI?' (y/N): y Installing package 'DBI'... Bytes transferred: 435739 Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbd_xsh.h Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.bs Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.dll Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.exp Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.lib Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbipport.h Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\DBIXS.h Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\dbi_sql.h Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\Driver.xst Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\Driver_xst.h Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\Win32\DBIODBC.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\Changes.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\DBD.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\FAQ.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\Profile.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\ProfileData.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\ProxyServer.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\PurePerl.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\W32ODBC.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper\Apache.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\DBD\Metadata.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoReturn.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoType.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ANSI.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ODBC.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBD\Proxy.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\Bundle\DBI.html Installing C:\Perl\html\bin\dbiprof.html Installing C:\Perl\html\bin\dbiproxy.html Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\DBIODBC.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\Changes.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\DBD.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\FAQ.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\Profile.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\ProfileData.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\ProxyServer.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\PurePerl.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\W32ODBC.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\ProfileDumper\Apache.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\DBD\Metadata.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoReturn.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfoType.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ANSI.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBI\Const\GetInfo\ODBC.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\ExampleP.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\NullP.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Proxy.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Sponge.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Bundle\DBI.pm Installing C:\Perl\bin\dbiprof Installing C:\Perl\bin\dbiprof.bat Installing C:\Perl\bin\dbiproxy Installing C:\Perl\bin\dbiproxy.bat Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBI\.packlist PPM> install DBD::Oracle Install package 'DBD-Oracle?' (y/N): y Installing package 'DBD-Oracle'... Bytes transferred: 92963 Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.bs Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.dll Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.exp Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.lib Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\Oraperl.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.html Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\oraperl.ph Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Oraperl.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.pm Installing C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain Installing C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain.bat Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\.packlist PPM> install DBD::MySQL Install package 'DBD-MySQL?' (y/N): y Installing package 'DBD-MySQL'... Bytes transferred: 179124 Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\mysql.bs Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\mysql.dll Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\mysql.exp Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\mysql.lib Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\Mysql.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBD\mysql.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\DBD\mysql\INSTALL.html Installing C:\Perl\html\site\lib\Bundle\DBD\mysql.html Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Mysql.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Mysql\Statement.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\mysql.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\mysql\GetInfo.pm Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\mysql\INSTALL.pod Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Bundle\DBD\mysql.pm Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\.packlist PPM> exit Quit! C:\> </MY_PAST> You can do more with ppm. Give a look to http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html José. -----Original Message----- From: KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 5:47 PM To: PERL Beginners Subject: DBI.pm Home PC using XP Prof. SP1 with Oracle 9.2 DB installed. PERL5.005.03.exe installed. I am new to the world of PERL. I have searched my PC and DBI.pm has not been installed on my PC. I understand that I need DBI installed to connect to Oracle. So, my question is where do I download DBI from and any suggestions on installing it? Thanks much, Ken Janusz, CPIM **** DISCLAIMER **** "This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above. 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