Re: DBD::Oracle Install Fails on Gentoo Linux

2007-04-12 Thread tom r
no objection from me, although as hannes has pointed out, these paragraphs are for use with compilers that no one likely will ever use. the fix seems pretty clear to me now: modify Makefile.PL so that it recognizes "ifdef...endif" blocks and then skip processing these weird compilers. tom

DBD::Oracle Install Fails on Gentoo Linux

2007-04-11 Thread tom r
Installing DBD::Oracle on Gentoo Linux fails with the following error: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: unrecognized option '-wchar-stdc++' x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: unrecognized option '-cxxlib-gcc' cc1: error: /ee/dev/bastring.h: No such file or directory I tracked this down to the Oracle XE install pro

Re: TWO_TASK environment variable

2007-04-11 Thread tom r
strings inside single quotes are evaluated by the shell. they're just passed straight to the program. i suspect the problem may be as you suggested: i'm using the old version 8 style sid instead of a service name, although ezconnect with the sid works fine inside of a perl program. i'll see

Re: TWO_TASK environment variable

2007-04-11 Thread tom r
hi ron, thanks for the response. using sqlnet.ora just doesn't work for me. i agree with you about hidden files -- i don't like them. that's why i'd like to find a better way. here's what happens using sqlnet.ora: - [~] cat sqlnet.ora NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH=(ezconnect, tnsnames) [~] sqlp

TWO_TASK environment variable

2007-04-11 Thread tom r
reading man DBD::Oracle gives an in depth explanation on how the TWO_TASK environment variable can be used. however, when i tried to use it in place of .tnsnames.ora nothing worked. i believe that sql*plus does not use TWO_TASK. - [~] cat .tnsnames.ora infra=(description=(address=(protoco