RE: perl dbi dbd

Ahhhh...I wasn't sure about the ANSI C requirement. And I see on the HP box that I've installed DBI on that gcc is installed. :)

One other note: if you do use gcc, I've had a truckload of problems with v3.3.x (mostly on Linux) -- stick with v3.2.x.

Rich

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
rjesse_at_qtiworld.com                  Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Moore [mailto:kmoore7_at_jcpenney.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:05 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: perl dbi dbd
>
>
> I'm in the process of doing the same thing. You can go to
> http://www.cmve.net/~merijn for a compiled version of Perl
> 5.8.1 that is
> "prepared" from DBI and DBD::Oracle. That will save you from
> compiling it
> yourself. My understanding is that you will still need gcc
> (or the HP ansi
> compiler) to compile DBI and DBD::Oracle.
>
> If I get that working, I'll let you know. Right now, I can't
> proceed because
> I don't have root access on the box.
>
> Keith
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:54 PM
>
>
> > HP has pretty good customer service. They have usenet discussion
> > forums on which they readily help. I'm sure that a question like
> > would not take HP long time to answer.
> >
> >
> > On 2003.10.03 00:34, "Jesse, Rich" wrote:
> > > Well, it's not at http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/, so I'm not
> sure where you
> can
> > > get it. Are you sure you can't build it? It'll build
> with the icky
> > > non-ANSI cc that comes with HP/UX (I think). Or d/l a
> gcc binary depot
> from
> > > the above site and compile it with that.
> > >
> > > There is at least one major caveat with DBI/DBD::Oracle
> on HP/UX. You
> must
> > > have compiled Perl to use threads in order to use DBI.
> Also, you may
> need
> > > to define LD_PRELOAD in order to avoid runtime problems.
> OK, so that's
> > > two... Anyway, see the DBI/DBD::Oracle docs and a Google
> search for
> hints
> > > on these.
> > >
> > > Hope you get a binary running! GL!
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> > > Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> > > rjesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 5:40 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > > where can I get binaries for perl DBI and DBD for hp-ux
> 9000 . I dont
> have
> > > pre requisite for building binaries from source .
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -ak

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