A developer asked me:
"I need the DBI module installed on host for Perl. I need this in order
to connect to databases.
I also need the DBD::Oracle database driver. I need this in particular
to connect to the Oracle database. "
I get the following error, can you advise?
--JV
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From:
Super-User <r...@suef.cr.usgs.gov>
To:
jpvarnd...@usgs.gov
Date:
05/28/2009 02:33 PM
Subject:
cpan DBD::Oracle
cpan> get DBD::Oracle
Running get for module DBD::Oracle
The module DBD::Oracle isn't available on CPAN.
Either the module has not yet been uploaded to CPAN, or it is
temporary unavailable. Please contact the author to find out
more about the status. Try 'i DBD::Oracle'.
cpan> i DBD::Oracle
Strange distribution name [DBD::Oracle]
Module id = DBD::Oracle
DESCRIPTION Oracle Driver for DBI
CPAN_USERID DBIML (DBI Mailing Lists <dbi-users@perl.org>)
CPAN_VERSION undef
CPAN_FILE Contact Author DBI Mailing Lists <dbi-users@perl.org>
DSLI_STATUS MmcO (mature,mailing-list,C,object-oriented)
INST_FILE (not installed)
