Re: Oracle 8.1, Perl 5.05, DBI on Solaris 2.6

Mark Heaton wrote:
>
> I have installed all the above and when we try to make a DBI call via Perl's
> DBI library an error occurs saying a Solaris patch is required for the Java
> Runtime Environment (1.1.10 and 1.1.8 both have the same result).
> From digging through Sun's website and elsewhere it is clear that Solaris
> 2.5.1 needs a patch applied to support native threads. However this is not
> needed for 2.6.
> Has anyone come accross this and been able to resolve this. The error is
> most likely in the Perl DBI lib but Oracle does not help with its errors.
> Regards
> Mark

From the text, it appears you are using a perl made with threads. The DBI docs specifically state DBI is not thread safe.

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Ron Reidy
Oracle DBA
Reidy Consulting, L.L.C.