Re: Connecting to Oracle via Perl

• Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com

> Environment is Oracle 8.1.6 NT 4.0
>
> What is the best way to connect to Oracle using Perl? I do not want to
> hard-code password in script if not necessary. I could not find a way to
> embed
> in dsn creation. Any suggestions/working examples on how to achieve this
> is appreciated? I do not have any kind of password server.

If you use shell-based authentication then you can connect via DBI and DBD::Oracle with:

    my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:Oracle:$db", '', '' );

(i.e., empty string for both user and pass). $db would be the tns name for whatever you're connecting to (see the DBD::Oracle manpages for examples).

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