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

From: Dave Sisk (dsisk_at_nc.rr.com.0nospam0)
Date: 02/23/04

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    Hey Joe:

    Actually, I tried that and it didn't work...gave me some error about "can't
    find blah blah blah DBD-Oracle.gz". However, this did work:

    ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.2/DBI.ppd
    ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.2/DBD-Oracle.ppd

    "Joe Mroczka" <34534534@abc.net> wrote in message
    news:isTZb.15801$Cj2.2954@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
    > Hi Dave,
    >
    > This is how you install it:
    >
    > in the DOS command prompt type:
    >
    > PPM install DBI
    >
    > which will install the DBI driver and then :
    >
    > PPM install DBD-Oracle
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > Joe
    >
    > "Dave Sisk" <dsisk@nc.rr.com.0nospam0> wrote in message
    > news:yyzZb.21649$%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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