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Date:      Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:30:53 +0200
From:      Martin Hudec <corwin@aeternal.net>
To:        "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org>
Cc:        freebsd-database@freebsd.org, Damian Wiest <dwiest@vailsys.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installing Oracle Client 10g on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <4531FFCD.8040607@aeternal.net>
In-Reply-To: <1160524816.70546.287.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org>
References:  <20060711162744.A22592@malcolm.berkeley.edu>	<452C09B6.4030009@pobox.sk> <20061010220934.GA1484@dfwdamian.vail> <1160524816.70546.287.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org>

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Hello,

Scott T. Hildreth wrote:
>    He can't, DBD::Oracle uses oci underneath so he needs the Oracle client to get the shared 
>    libraries.   Mike you also need to compile or install a linux perl and then install DBI & DBD::Oracle
>    with the linux perl.  You could use DBD::Proxy instead of installing DBD::Oracle.  It installed
>     with DBI.  Type 'perldoc DBD::Proxy' to see the docs.  If you need help, you can email me 
>    or join the dbi-users@perl.org.

Not fully correct - when I wanted to use DBD::Oracle, I did not need to 
install linux-perl - just instantclient (linux compatibility enabled) as 
Martinko mentioned. And it worked. And DBD::Oracle has been used with 
native perl.


Martin



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