Re: Oracle, perl & DBI under debian

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:01:25PM +0000, Victor wrote:
> To use perl and DBI:oracle do I need to install 
> 
> perl and the DBI stuff for oracle from the DBI site only
> 
> 			OR
> 
> perl, the DBI stuff for oracle and A SERVER (PROPRIETARY) CLIENT FOR
> ORACLE?

I see that there's a
/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Oracle-HOWTO.txt.gz
on my potato system, but that might not be what you need.

from my perspective (jaundiced, spoiled and tainted, at the very
least) you <"[SHOULD]"> be able to get by with

	DBI.pm
	DBD::<oracle-something>.pm

at least that's how it works with postgresql (DBD::Pg.pm) and
mysql (DBD::mysql.pm)...

seems to me that with perl and the right DBD::*.pm, YOU are the
one creating the client.

i think.

-- 
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #20 from Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com> 
:
What TERMINAL TYPES are available for "export TERM=xyz"?  Look in
/etc/terminfo or /etc/termcap and pick one similar to your
terminal emulator's capabilities. Common ones are "linux" (for
console), "xterm", "vt102" and "rxvt". See "man terminfo" or "man
termcap" if you're determined to learn the nitty-gritty.

Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...