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Phil Buckley writes: > Does anyone have any experience using perl/DBI to connect to a remote Oracle db? > > I'm getting much to frustrated with what I suspected would be a simple routine. > > All I really need is the ... > > $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Oracle:$dbname", $user, $passwd, > { RaiseError =>1, AutoCommit => 1}) || die "Unable to connect: $DBI::errstr"; > > Where do I put in the host in the scenario <aargh> too late, I'll look for answers in the morning. Try this: $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Oracle:host=$host", $user, $passwd, { RaiseError =>1, AutoCommit => 1}) || die "Unable to connect: $DBI::errstr"; Hope this helps, --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark | | Will hack Perl for kclark at NOSPAM.ctron.com | kdcNOSPAM at .alumni.unh.edu | fine food, good beer, Cabletron Systems, Inc. | PGP Key Available | or fun. Durham, N.H. (USA) | | - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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