Connecting to An Oracle Database

2001-03-12 Thread Mitch Clarvit
I have no problem connecting to an Oracle 8.1.5 database on Netware 5.1 and viewing the contents of the database, however, add or editing are causing me problems. Here is my test code: #!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe use CGI; use DBI qw(:sql_types); $query = CGI::new(); if (($query->request_method() eq

RE: Connecting to An Oracle Database

2001-03-12 Thread Sterin, Ilya
Do you have some date data types in your db which are used in the insert? If yes you need to use to_date() sql function in your query. To format the date/hours. Ilya Sterin -Original Message- From: Mitch Clarvit To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 3/12/01 11:33 AM Subject: Connecting to An

Re: Connecting to An Oracle Database

2001-03-14 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 01:33:25PM -0500, Mitch Clarvit wrote: > I have no problem connecting to an Oracle 8.1.5 database on Netware 5.1 and > viewing the contents of the database, however, add or editing are causing me > problems. > $sql = "INSERT INTO courses (CourseID, Title, Fees, Hours

Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl

2005-01-18 Thread Charles Lawrence
Gentlemen: I have struggled with this problem for a while now with no success at finding the answer, so I am asking for help from anyone who might know the solution. I am using Windows XP, ActiveState Perl 5.8.4, Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 client and server, DBI (1.45) and DBD-Oracle (1.16) installed

Re: Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl

2005-01-19 Thread Hardy Merrill
Hi Charles, Try setting your environment variables in a BEGIN block, like this: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; BEGIN { $ENV{'NLS_LANG} = 'american'; $ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = 'D:\Oracle\ora92'; } ### the rest of your code goes here ### I haven't done Perl/DBI/Oracle in quite a while, but that's w

Re: Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl

2005-01-19 Thread Hardy Merrill
It's probably worth pointing out here that the use of the BEGIN block *IS* described in the DBD::Oracle perldocs - as the perldocs are included when you install any module, after you install DBD::Oracle you can do perldoc DBD::Oracle to read the excellent perldocs. Look for the paragraphs tit

RE: Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl

2005-01-19 Thread Reidy, Ron
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:55 PM To: dbi-users@perl.org Subject: Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl Gentlemen: I have struggled with this problem for a while now with no success at finding the answer, so I am asking for help from anyone who might

RE: Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl

2005-01-19 Thread Graeme St. Clair
55 AM To: Hardy Merrill; dbi-users@perl.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem with connecting to an Oracle database using Perl It's probably worth pointing out here that the use of the BEGIN block *IS* described in the DBD::Oracle perldocs - as the perldocs are included when you install a