Clues sought, I am trying to set up read only access to an Oracle database (of which I have no control) using Perl. I have used Perl/DBI/DBD to access mysql databases sucessfully, but am stuck trying to access Oracle.
Most of the documentation seems to assume that you are trying to access an Oracle that is locally mounted - it requires the setting of an ORACLE_HOME to point at the local oracle software. I have also looked at setting up the connection via ODBC, which is the route used by most users, but they are on windows boxes. This seems to require some extra driver software. I assume that this comes with the Oracle distribution. I do not have the memory or disk space necessary for a full Oracle installation. Do I really need to do a full Oracle Install in order to set up a client? Please could someone tell me what I have misunderstood, and perhaps point me at the documentation I have failed to find. Thanks (in hope), Dave Whiteley ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Dave Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 02-Apr-2001 Time: 09:09:35 Phone: 0113 233 2059 Missing .sig (I am trying to give them up.) ----------------------------------
