Just in case anybody else runs into this problem.
It turns out the machine I am working on has multiple OracleHomes. Using the
oracle tool to switch to the home where the database lives solved this
problem (I made ora8i the Primary home).
"David Kirol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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I'm using Activestate perl build 626, DBD-Oracle8 1.06 DBI 1.14 on WInNt
with intel. I loaded all prebuilt binaries. The good stuff on my machine is
hiding in Cygwin. When I try to connect to a local Oracle 8.1.5 instance
DrWatson pops up and blames perl for an access violation. Short of
convertin
