You don't have to have the DB server installed, but you must have the Oracle client libs installed. You will also need SQL NET for DBD::Oracle to connect to the server, and the client install comes with it.
On Windows you can install a binary with PPM, though you still must have a part of the client installed, so my recommendation is to install the client. Ilya -----Original Message----- From: Nilanjan Das To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/20/01 8:49 AM Subject: Query on DBI and DBD Hi Gurus, I have a basic question on building the DBI and DBD. Can I build DBI and DBD on a machine where there is no database installed. Basically the DBD module. My set up is like this. I have an Application server and a database server. The database server will have the oracle database and the Application server will have the application installed. I will have some Perl scripts(which uses DBI) on the Application server. So, I am wondering whether for installing the DBD on the Application server, do I need to have Oracle installed on the Application server. Does DBD for Oracle during installation expects that the Oracle database is installed on the same machine? Can we change it anyway? Looking for your reply. Thanks, Nilanjan
