Re: Perl in oracle 10.2.0.3 on 64 BIT OS

On 2008-05-19 17:17:22 -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote:
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Shanmugam, Dhandapani <
dhandapani.shanmugam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Does PERL support 64-bit operating systems?

Yes.

Kindly help me on how should
perl work on Oracle 64-bit Solaris Operating system . Am getting the
below error

[bash]perl create_ddl.pl Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC

So, you haven't installed DBI yet. You will have to do that before you can
use it.

For example, you must have DBI installed before installing DBD::Oracle.

Given that the install is currently using Perl 5.8.3, you should build your
own Perl, either 5.8.8 or 5.10.0, and then install it in a location of your
own choosing (rather than messing with the system version)

The install path looks strange:

/ade/stvobadm_perl_583_build/perl/bin/Solaris/Opt

I don't know where Solaris puts their files (last version of Solaris I
used was 2.7 or maybe 8, I think), but I doubt that this is the system
version.

I have seen similarly crazy paths in the perl distributed with Oracle
Application Server. OAS sets up the environment in such a way that it
does work (on Fridays at full moon), but it is still a pain. I suspect
that this version of perl is also distributed as part of some
application and not intended to be standalone.

I agree that the OP should just get a current version of perl (I guess
there are binary packages available for solaris, or he can compile it
himself) instead of trying to beat a messed-up version into submission.

(If he needs to use perl *as part of* an application he should pester
their tech support)

and then get on with installing DBI and its pre-requisites and then
install DBD::Oracle.

I can't answer for whether DBD::Oracle supports 64-bit systems, but it would
be astonishing (to me) if it did not do so.

It works at least on 64-bit Linux. I believe 64-bit HP-UX has been
mentioned on this list, too.

hp

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