On 2/9/06, Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jm wrote: > > i've asked oracle's forums and gotten nothing useful, so hopefully > > someone here can help... > > > > i have scripts that connect to mysql; they need to connect to an > > oracle server. i've tried installing DBD::Oracle from cpan, and get > > an error message about "The ORACLE_HOME environment variable value > > (/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1/client/lib) is not valid." - this after > > installing oracle's instantclient-basic and instantclient-sqlplus. > > > > my question is, what oracle software (the absolute minimum necessary) > > do i need to install in order for scripts to connect to an oracle > > server? and if i did install the proper programs (all of them) > > what/where do i need to go to find the missing steps to get it all > > working? > > I think you have enough software. If you can run SQL*Plus, you should be > OK. Try using just "/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1" or > "/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1/client" as your ORACLE_HOME. Also, be sure to > look at the README's with the DBD::Oracle package. >
trying "/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1" gives me "... Unable to locate an oracle.mk, proc.mk or other suitable *.mk file in your Oracle installation. ..." different error, but no .mk files are included in the downloads i installed. i found a different point of contact in oracle, i'm also asking there to see if this new person might have something useful but if there are any other suggestions, don't hesitate *s* -- since this is a gmail account, please verify the mailing list is included in the reply to addresses -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
