the tns entry is not a problem... however, that could lead to other problems with our development enviroment..... the only solution that i have at the moment would be to have two perls, one for 8 and one for 9... however this is not really ideal.
all oracle 8 versions are ok as most librarys are the same across all the versions... but with oracle 9 the 8's in the library names were changed to 9's.... kinda obvious that one :). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaul, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Alex Green'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:03 PM Subject: RE: DBD and Oracle 8 and 9i > Ah but can't you set up a tns entry in the 8i environemnt to point to the 9i > instance and use net8 to access hte 9 environment? You might loose some > functionality, but it will be compatible and will work. I haven't looked at > 9i yet so I'm not sure of the implications of this. > > Ken. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 April 2002 09:56 > To: Gaul, Ken > Cc: dbi > Subject: Re: DBD and Oracle 8 and 9i > > > If I build DBD against 8.x I have no problem, but if I then change the > environment to Oracle 9i, Perl fails because it cannot find the Oracle 8 > libraries. > > Is there a way to build DBD so that it dynamically looks for the oracle > version?? and then uses the relevant libraries > >
