Re: DBI:oracle looks for perl56.dll in perl version 5.8

From: Joe Mroczka (34534534_at_abc.net)
Date: 02/22/04

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    Hi Dave,

    This is how you install it:

    in the DOS command prompt type:

    PPM install DBI

    which will install the DBI driver and then :

    PPM install DBD-Oracle

    Thanks.

    Joe

    "Dave Sisk" <dsisk@nc.rr.com.0nospam0> wrote in message
    news:yyzZb.21649$%d3.2178695@twister.southeast.rr.com...
    > Nice find!
    >
    > This may be a really silly question, but I've downloaded this driver from
    > the same site....I've got it sitting on my hard drive. How the heck do I
    > install it using PPM? I can't seem to get PPM to see it...what am I
    > missing? Is there another way to properly install it?
    >
    > TIA!
    > Dave
    >
    > "Joe Mroczka" <34534534@abc.net> wrote in message
    > news:tUfZb.41346$ZZ4.20158@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
    > > Problem solved. Downloaded new driver from
    > > ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.2/DBD-Oracle.ppd
    > > Everything is fine and dandy now.
    > >
    > > "Joe Mroczka" <34534534@abc.net> wrote in message
    > > news:g2TYb.12275$We1.11289@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
    > > > I have upgraded from perl version 5.6 to 5.8 and all hell seem to
    have
    > > > broken loose. For some strange reason, DBI module looks for perl56.dll
    > > > Can anybody advise me how to fix it? I am running Perl on Windows
    2000.
    > > > A window alert pops out with a title "Perl.exe - unable to locate
    dll".
    > > > It displays the following message:
    > > > "The dynamic library perl56.dll could not be found in the specified
    > path.
    > > > <lists the complete path>"
    > > > I used PPM to install Class-DBI-Oracle.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > use DBI;
    > > > $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Oracle:TEST",
    > > > "userid/password\@somename.someco.com", "");
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >

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