Can you get hold of an HP ANSI C compiler? p
> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 July 2007 16:19 > To: dbi-users@perl.org > Subject: Re: Oracle DBI for HP > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The basic rule about building perl, DBD & Oracle DBI on HP-UX (let > > alone > > Itanium) using gcc is don't. Life is far far too short for > it since you > > will hit problem after problem. It is possible using HP's native C > > compiler (in fact it is straight forwards) but if you are > using a gcc > > compiled perl then it is an absolute horror. > > > > The trick is to get a version of perl that has had the hard > work done > > for you and prepared for Oracle: > > > > H. Merijn Brand's download site has all the versions > > > > http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux > > > > and > > > > http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/downloads.html > > > > I used the following version which has the DBI module already > > installed: > > > > "11.23 / 64 and perl 5.8.8 + defined-or + DBI 1.53 + Tk > 804.027 built > > with gcc-4.1." (It is down at the bottom!) > > > > I have to use the 5.6 series... : ( > > Robert >
