Re: Perl DBI AND Oracle (ORACLE_HOME)

Hi,

I believe that you will need the Oracle client utilities installed. The DBD module is probably looking for header files to include (compile with) on the client machine under ORACLE_HOME.

Wil

Gavin Kuiper wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to setup the DBI modules to access a remote Oracle
> server. Basically, I have followed all of the steps to make the DBI
> modules, however, I am having a problem - when I try to make the Oracle DBM
> module - it keeps asking for an ORACLE_HOME environment variable to be set.
> This would be easy if the Oracle server was on the same machine - but it is
> on a remote machine on the LAN!
>
> My question is: How to I set this variable to reference a remote Oracle
> installation (If it is even possible)?
>
> here is some of the error output:
> -----------
> Configuring DBD::Oracle ...
> >>> Remember to actually *READ* the README file!
> Especially if you have any problems.
> ORACLE_HOME environment variable (c:Orant=) not valid.
> -----------
>
> Cheers!
>
> Gavin
Received on Sun Oct 18 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT