Right and you will have to install the Oracle client to to be able to
compile DBD::Oracle, unless you are using ActiveState for Linux.
Ilya
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vittorio De Martino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Victor
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 6:36 AM
> To: dbi-users
> Subject: Re: Oracle, perl & DBI under debian
>
>
> Thanks Michael!
>
> No, I'm running perl and DBI under a debian linux laptop but I think
> that I'll need the SQL*Net all the same.
>
> Ciao
> Vittorio
>
> Michael A. Chase [dbi-users] <03/07/01 08:05 -0700>:
> > If you plan to run under WinNT, you should probably be using ActiveState
> > Perl and their PPM to install DBI and DBD::Oracle. You will still need
> > Oracle's SQL*Net client to actually connect to an Oracle
> database though and
> > Oracle is the only source for that.
> > --
> > Mac :})
> > ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. **
> > Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day.
> > Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vittorio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "dbi-users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 16:53
> > Subject: Re: Oracle, perl & DBI under debian
> >
> >
> > > Thanks Ilya but to put it simpler:
> > >
> > > Where can I find those Oracle client libs?
> > >
> > > Sterin, Ilya [02/07/01 09:34 -0600]:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Vittorio
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: 07/02/2001 11:28 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: Oracle, perl & DBI under debian
> > > >
> > > > Victor [02/07/01 17:01 +0000]:
> > > > > Willing to use my laptop as a client of an oracle DB on
> an NT server
> > > > > and network, to start with I've just begun to read the book by
> > > > > Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce "Programming the Perl DBI".
> > > > >
> > > > > Being at my very first steps on this field there's
> something somewhat
> > > > > obscure to me and I wonder if someone could answer this
> easy question
> > > > > of mine:
> > > > >
> > > > > To use perl and DBI:oracle do I need to install
> > > > >
> > > > > perl and the DBI stuff for oracle from the DBI site only
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you read the book, it actually explains this pretty good
> IMO. You
> > need
> > > > perl (of course :-) as well as DBI and DBD::Oracle from www.cpan.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > OR
> > > > >
> > > > > perl, the DBI stuff for oracle and A SERVER (PROPRIETARY)
> CLIENT FOR
> > > > > ORACLE?
> > > >
> > > > You must have the Oracle client libs installed before you
> can compile
> > > > DBD::Oracle.
> >
> >
> >
