Hi,
I've just got DBD::Oracle working on HP-UX 11, Oracle 8.1.6, but I'm having a minor
connection problem.
I'm using DBI 1.20 & DBD::Oracle 1.12
The only method I can get to work is e.g.
#$dbh = DBI->connect ('dbi:Oracle:host=uk204;sid=$dsn', $user, $passwd,{ RaiseError
=> 1, AutoCommit => 0 } ) ;
This works fine when $dsn is set to the database name, but when it is set to a
database alias that it should resolve via the nameserver, it doesn't - I get this
message:
DBI->connect(host=uk204;sid=s200) failed: ORA-12505: TNS:listener could not resolve
SID given in connect descriptor (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach) at dbtest.pl line 10
As our database names change from time to time, and the old ones are converted to
aliases in the nameserver, it is fairly important that we can get the aliases to
resolve, so we don't need to keep altering older scripts.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong here? I've tried the other methods, but I just get
other methods.
Regards,
Jon Stevenson
