Re: Perl, ORacle & Linux

From: Victor B Wagner <vitus_at_brass.fe.msk.ru>
Date: 1998/12/10
Message-ID: <74ojta$mu9$2@zware.space.ru>#1/1

brewer_at_avanticorp.com wrote:
: I can say that finding information on Oracle, Linux, and Perl is not easy. I
: have spent most of the day looking myself.

: My problem is as follows. I'm setting up a WebServer on linux. We want cgi
: programs on the webserver to be able to talk to an Oracle7 database on a
: Windows NT server. I keep reading and being told I need sql*net for the perl
: to oracle part of the problem. Does sql*net exist for Linux? What are these
: "oracle libraries" I need to compile/link against to get part of the perl
: interface working?

There exists Oracle 8.0.5 for Linux. Go strainght to www.oracle.com and find a trial version there. It includes client libraries (known as OCI). Then go to CPAN and fetch DBI and DBD::Oracle. Read docs. Compile them. Enjoy.

: If you send e-mail please send to noble_at_pagesz.net

: THanks for any help....

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Received on Thu Dec 10 1998 - 00:00:00 CST