Re: auto login from oraperl script

In article <2s51qt$nd3_at_courier.urbana.mcd.mot.com> gilling_at_urbana.mcd.mot.com (Harry Gilling) writes:
>I'm writing an oraperl script and the script to logon to Oracle
>using Oracle's OS user authentication feature. I can't figure out
>how to do this.
>
>I've tried the following command lines, noe of which work
>
> $lda -= &ora_login( $UID, '','');
> $lda -= &ora_login( $UID, '/','');
> $lda -= &ora_login( $UID, '\/','');
> $lda -= &ora_login( $UID, '','\/');
>
>I either get an oraperl error or oracle complains about a null
>password.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

     I use:

     $USER = "/";
     $lda = &ora_login('', $USER, '') || die "$ora_errstr\n";

     Assuming your ORACLE environment variables have been set.

	 -- Bernie

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