Path: news.easynews.com!core-easynews!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc04.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "Jim Kennedy" From: "Jim Kennedy" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <3eb5e890$0$31082@echo-01.iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: ODBC & ORACLE 7 Lines: 37 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.241.221.105 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc04 1052112111 12.241.221.105 (Mon, 05 May 2003 05:21:51 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 05:21:51 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 05:21:51 GMT Xref: core-easynews comp.databases.oracle.server:185289 X-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 22:21:21 MST (news.easynews.com) You need to install the Oracle client software on the client for it to work. Oracle 7 had not been supported in years and you really should get a newer version. Jim -- Replace part of the email address: kennedy-down_with_spammers@attbi.com with family. Remove the negative part, keep the minus sign. You can figure it out. "Ian Hooper" wrote in message news:3eb5e890$0$31082@echo-01.iinet.net.au... > We have recently installed a phone system that runs on Oracel 7. > > One of the selling points of th systems was that you could create an ODBC > conenction into the database. (However no assistance would be provided in > doing htis) > > I have gone to the Oracle and downloaded the Oracle 7 ODBC software however > the information requested does not reflect the informatin I have. > > I have the ip, username and password. > > Alternatively if I can not get this to work is to download and install > DBD::Oracle and use it with Perl on a Linux box. (However Linux is by far my > weekest skill) > > a) Anyone have a url that cn help with the Windows 2000 ODBC prob I have. > b) anyone know were I can get a debian package for DBD::Oracle > > I went to CPAN however and the Oracle stuff I found there required older > versions of DBD::Oracle which I am unable to locate > >