I dont know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but the best way to get to Oracle (or any other SQL) from an unsupported platform is to use the DBI::Proxy stuff in the latest DBI releases. That involves running a DBI::Proxy server on the supported box, and using something like dbi:Proxy:hostname=romeo;port=9991;dsn=dbi:Oracle:xyz in the Radiator on the unsupported host (ie on the FreeBSD box in this example) The effect is that the DBI requests are sent to the server on the supported box, where they are translated into Oracle requests. It works just fine. Hope that helps. Cheers. -- Mike McCauley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Open System Consultants Pty. Ltd Unix, Perl, Motif, C++, WWW 24 Bateman St Hampton, VIC 3188 Australia http://www.open.com.au Phone +61 3 9598-0985 Fax +61 3 9598-0955 Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory etc etc on Unix, Win95/8, 2000, NT, MacOS 9, MacOS X === Archive at http://www.starport.net/~radiator/ Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with 'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.
