Re: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Jay Strauss
erver. HTH Jay - Original Message - From: "Robert Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle? > > > > From: Ivan Adzhubei &l

Re: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Ivan Adzhubei
Robert Lopez wrote: > > I though it might be a lower cost option for putting in place some > software I will need very infrequently. Almost always always what I > need is in the Informix database. Sometimes if it is not the clues > as to why it is missing are in the Oracle database. With the OD

Re: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Robert Lopez
> From: Ivan Adzhubei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Why you intend to use ODBC in the first place? It makes more sense to > install DBD::Oracle, the DBI module then can use it as a lower level > interface to DB. This is at least one layer less between your > application code and the database itself th

Re: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Ivan Adzhubei
Robert, Why you intend to use ODBC in the first place? It makes more sense to install DBD::Oracle, the DBI module then can use it as a lower level interface to DB. This is at least one layer less between your application code and the database itself than with the ODBC. To install DBD::Oracle you

RE: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Robert Lopez
Well I went ahead and ran cpan to install ODBC::Oracle and it says... The DBD::ODBC module needs to link with an ODBC 'Driver Manager'. (The Driver Manager, in turn, needs one or more database specific ODBC drivers. The DBD::ODBC module does _not_ include any ODBC drivers!) so it is prett

RE: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Robert Lopez
> ANK > it is will probably a good idea to get familiar to with sqlplus > (database client for running sql commands) > for that you will need to have unix account unless you have oracle client > installed on your local machine. > > > ANK> As I mentioned above you don't have to have it but you'

RE: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Kokarski, Anton
]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle? > ANK > it is will probably a good idea to get familiar to with sqlplus > (database client for running sql commands) > for that you will need to have unix account unless you have oracle client &g

RE: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Kokarski, Anton
-Original Message- From: Robert Lopez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle? I followed the trails of "Programming the Perl DBI, Appendix B" to freeodbc to to ea

[Solaris] dbi + DBD:ODBC + ?for oracle?

2001-09-14 Thread Robert Lopez
I followed the trails of "Programming the Perl DBI, Appendix B" to freeodbc to to easysoft.org... I read for hours history requests at dejanews I am now more confused than when I started. I have this working on my sparc Solaris ws: perl+DBI+DBD::Informix to connect to an Info