I wasn't too clear.

The scripts give error message complaints, but they
actually do work.

Chris


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard, Chris [mailto:howa...@prpa.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:39 PM
> To: John Scoles
> Cc: John Scoles; dbi-users@perl.org
> Subject: RE: Problems with external password store.
> 
> I am rebuilding my DBD installation on server A  (the one
> where Oracle Wallet didn't work)
> 
> I set my environment for oracle 10g, then did the
> install again.
> 
> I have wallet working, but every time I run a script I
> get two copies of a dld.sl error for libclntsh.sl.10.1
> 
> I think I can live with that for awhile and try to
> clean it up on a scheduled maintenance day.  I'll do
> a $ORACLE_HOME/bin/genclntsh and see if that helps.
> 
> I have to tell you all, I love DBI/DBD and use it a lot.
> But the installation has always seemed to be difficult,
> and it keeps me from being enthusiastic to throw on the
> latest releases.  When I get it working I just leave
> it alone.  Not that I don't sympathize with the difficulty
> of building an install that works against Oracle, particularly
> in the pre-8 days.  And I'm on HP-UX which also has
> it's quirks.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Scoles [mailto:sco...@pythian.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:38 AM
> > To: Howard, Chris
> > Cc: John Scoles; dbi-users@perl.org
> > Subject: Re: Problems with external password store.
> >
> > >
> > > Yes you can find out with ORA_OCI
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  use DBD::Oracle qw(:ora_types);
> > >
> > > print DBD::Oracle::ORA_OCI
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I think will work
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Only one wallet is involved, and one connection.
> > >
> > > The Oracle Client issue might be in play.  I think
> > > the case where wallet is not working right may
> > > have been compiled against an Oracle 8 client.
> > > It is a pretty old installation.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to tell which client is in use?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: John Scoles [mailto:byter...@hotmail.com]
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:51 AM
> > >> To: Howard, Chris; dbi-users@perl.org
> > >> Subject: RE: Problems with external password store.
> > >>
> > >> If you are trying to connect to both at the same time using two
> > >> different wallets I am afraid you are out of luck.
> > >>
> > >> Seems once a SQLNET.ORA file is read it is 'READ' and cannot be
> > >> reloaded so only one wallet can be used at a time.
> > >>
> > >> It will take the first valid one it finds and use that.
> > >>
> > >> Are you using two wallets and are you trying to connect to both
at
> > the
> > >> same time??
> > >>
> > >> Your DBD::Oracle is rather old but there is no differance in the
> way
> > >> 1.24 and 1.16 connect using wallet.
> > >>
> > >> That being said your DBD::Oracle might of been compiled against
or
> > is
> > >> using an older Oracle client.  Do you know which Oracle client
you
> > are
> > >> using??
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> John Scoles
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Subject: Problems with external password store.
> > >>> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:42:16 -0600
> > >>> From: howa...@prpa.org
> > >>> To: dbi-users@perl.org
> > >>>
> > >>> I have two database servers, there are some differences
> > >>> between the way that perl dbd/dbi is installed on these
> > >>> machines, but both are running HP-UX and Oracle 10g.
> > >>>
> > >>> I am trying to use external password store (oracle wallet)
> > >>> to change scripts with embedded login information to be
> > >>> more secure.
> > >>>
> > >>> On server B, I configured oracle wallet to use the
> > >>> $HOME/.sqlnet.ora file. It work fine with sqlplus
> > >>> and with a very simple perl script.
> > >>>
> > >>> On server A, I configured oracle wallet the same way
> > >>> and it works fine with sqlplus, but the same
> > >>> simple perl script gives me "invalid username/password"
> > >>> errors.
> > >>>
> > >>> I have some version differences between the two machines.
> > >>>
> > >>> Server B is using DBI 1.601, DBD 1.16, Perl 5.8.8
> > >>> Server A is using DBI 1.43, DBD 1.16, Perl 5.8.5
> > >>>
> > >>> I may be able to get them eventually on exactly parallel
versions
> > >>> but that will take quite a bit of time and effort.
> > >>>
> > >>> Any hope for forward progress otherwise?
> > >>>
> > >>> Chris Howard
> > >>>
> > >>>
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