Hi, Bob, I've met some (similar but not same) failed tests in my previous of DBD::Oracle installations. I eventually found out: 1. if it complains about libraries, the PATH environment variable of the user who is doing the installation might lack of something; 2. the Oracle account (ORACLE_USERID), say, the default 'scott/tiger', used in the testing does not have sufficient privillege to use some features in the database. Hope it helps you. Best, Alan
________________________________ From: Brown, Bob (HQP) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 4:25 PM To: dbi-users@perl.org Subject: Oracle::DBD build issue Hi, Building the DBD for Oracle on a Tru64 UNIX 4.0G server (alphaserver) under perl 5.8.8, I'm stuck on getting the test process working correctly. Looks like the build and compile work just fine, but the first test complains about a symbol not being found. I'm not sure what might be wrong. Any suggestions? The readme files were helpful, but have not resolved my issue. Thanks Bob Heres what I'm getting out as test results: Script started on Thu Aug 23 06:41:47 2007 # id uid=0(root) gid=1(daemon) groups=0(system),3(mem),7(terminal),9(opr),12(lp) # make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/perl-5.8.8/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/01base................Failed to load Oracle extension and/or shared libraries: install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/home/robbro04/DBD-Oracle-1.19/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so' for module DBD::Oracle: Unresolved symbol in /home/robbro04/DBD-Oracle-1.19/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so: OCILobCreateTemporary at /usr/local/perl-5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/alpha-dec_osf/DynaLoader.pm line 230. at (eval 3) line 3 Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 3. Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected at t/01base.t line 19 The remaining tests will probably also fail with the same error. *** Please read the README and README.help.txt files for help. *** t/01base................ok 1/5 t/01base................FAILED tests 4-5 Failed 2/5 tests, 60.00% okay t/10general.............install_driver(Oracle) faile Bob Brown | Senior Unix Engineer | Systems Engineering Services | Robert Half International, Inc. | Pleasanton, CA | Office: 925-598-7796 | Mobile: 925-382-8753 | Fax: (925) 598-7947 | http://www.rhi.com