Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.misc:50263 comp.databases.oracle.server:79485 comp.databases.oracle.tools:37935 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!enews.sgi.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!remarQ70!remarQ.com!supernews.com!remarQ69!WReNclone!WReNphoon4.POSTED!WReN!not-for-mail From: Yong Subject: Re: Installing just the Oracle client libraries on Linux Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.tools Message-ID: <176f8e61.983f819a@usw-ex0110-076.remarq.com> Lines: 19 Bytes: 746 X-Originating-Host: 209.245.204.235 Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here References: X-Wren-Trace: eNbz29rDhM6Fj83Q1MWFjuTcx9vc3djD3NeZh4+bgcSNhdiFiMKNiomC Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 08:53:19 -0800 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon4 946745555 10.0.2.76 (Sat, 01 Jan 2000 08:52:35 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 08:52:35 PST I think you're calling for wrong support. I don't think Oracle gives you necessary software for you to connect using DBI or PHP. You need to go to the Perl CPAN site to download modules. I used DBI before. You need DBI.pm from cpan.perl.com.

If you need sqlplus connection from your computer to the server where you can do SQL*Plus stuff like DESCRIBE mytable, yes, you need Oracle client software. But your message only talks about Perl connection with SQL (no SQL*Plus). That's different. Yong Huang Email:yong321@yahoo.com Web: http://www.stormloader.com/yonghuang/ * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is Beautiful