If you need to pursue that further here, a snippet of code that demonstrates the problem along with the exact values in $DBI::errstr and $DBI::err at the point of failure are necessary. The trace log from DBI->trace(2) might also help. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm 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: "Chris Garringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael A Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 14:17 Subject: Re: Connecting to 2 versions of Oracle
> One one of the ERP boxes the 7.3.4 Oracle application was still there. > I set ORACLE_HOME to the 7.3.4 directory, and ran make on > DBD-Oracle-1.12, set ORACLE_HOME back to 8.1.7 for test and install. > The Perl program now connects properly to both the 7.3.4 on the > Peoplesoft box and 8.1.7 on its local ERP box. The only change is how > DBD-Oracle was compiled. The logs on the Peoplesoft box show the same > thing for connections with either method. It appears that the > connection is succeeding on the Peoplesoft box with the 8.1.7 compiled > DBD module, but the return information is saying it failed. > On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 16:00, Michael A Chase wrote: > > The only version of Oracle that matters to a DBI/DBD::Oracle script is the > > version of Oracle it was compiled against. Connections to the databases > > should go through SQL*Net. > > > > Make sure the session that the DBI script is running in has ORACLE_HOME, > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH (if applicable) and other similar variables pointing to the > > correct Oracle Home. Make sure the tnsnames.ora in that Oracle Home is > > correct for the 7.3 instance as well. > > > > If none of that helps, add 'DBI->trace(9, "log_file_name");' before the > > login to see more of what is happening. > > -- > > Mac :}) > > ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** > > Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm > > 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: "Chris Garringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 13:13 > > Subject: Connecting to 2 versions of Oracle > > > > > > > We had a system with Oracle 7.3.4. for Peoplesoft and 7.3.4.4 for our > > > ERP system (3 Oracle system in ERP). I had DBI-1.2 and DBD-Orace 1.12 > > > working fine on the ERP systems. The program in question contacted the > > > Peoplesoft system to get HR data for new user creation on the ERP > > > systems. Recently we upgraded to 8.1.7 on the 2 ERP test systems. I > > > recompiled DBI1.2 and DBD-1.12 on the boxes (since oracle was now 8.1.7) > > > and the program cannot contact the Oracle on the Peoplesoft box > > > (7.3.4). I get a null password error, Oracle 01005. How can I connect > > > to both versions of Oracle from the same program?
