You can try installing the latest version. 1.17. Check out the readme for win32 it should give you all the information.
cheers John Scoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear dbi-guru's, > > after having not used dbi for more than one year, I a trying to use perl > and dbi to do some > statistics about a oracle-database! > > First I installed on my WIN-XP-SP2 machine Active-State-Perl. than dbi and > then tried to install DBD-Oracle! > > While installing DBD-Oracle ppm used a script to remove directory having a > back-slash added in directory-name-string and therefore failed and the > install failed as well. > > If someone would be so kind to send me in some direction to fix the > problem. Eventualy a ppm-set to correct the wrong slashing in the script, > or where to find and how to install a better DBD-Oracle ( lower version?) > > Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen > ____________________________________ > Commerzbank AG c > Manfred Beilfuss > ZTB P 2.2 Cash Management System > Office: DLZ1.06.52.0860 > Phone: 69-136-28409 > Fax: 69-136-50729 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Result from Install-process > > Install 'DBD-Oracle' version 1.16 in ActivePerl 5.8.7.815. > ==================== > Downloaded 214134 bytes. > Extracting 36/36: blib/script/ora_explain.bat > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\dbdimp.h > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\mk.pm > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\ocitrace.h > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.bs > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.dll > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.exp > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.h > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.lib > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.pdb > Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architecture > depende > nt library tree > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\oraperl.ph > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\Oraperl.pm > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\mkta.pl > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.pm > Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle\GetInfo.pm > Installing C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain > Installing C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain.bat > There is no oracle client libraries currently available for your platform > (MSWin > 32-x86-multi-thread) in > http://ppm.activestate.com/libs/oracle-instant-client at > install_script line 25. > unlink C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain > unlink C:\Perl\bin\ora_explain.bat > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle.pm > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\Oracle\GetInfo.pm > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\DBD\mkta.pl > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\Oraperl.pm > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.bs > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.dll > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.exp > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.h > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.lib > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.pdb > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\dbdimp.h > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\mk.pm > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\ocitrace.h > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\oraperl.ph > unlink C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\.packlist > Can't remove directory C:\TEMP/DBD-Oracle-1-2604-1141816390 (Permission > denied) > at C:/Perl/site/lib/PPM/Repository.pm line 247 > Error: (un)install script failed: 'C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe install_script' > ppm> > >
