Perl 5.6.1 to Oracle 8.17: what do I actually need?????

[pcorchary]

Help ... what do I ACTUALLY need to get to allow the following.

Apache/PerlCGI on Linux (Mandrake 8.1 or RH 7.2) box to connect to Oracle 8.1.7.2 on a different Solaris 8 system on the same network.

- I've got Apache, Perl, etc. and have been running CGI's.
- I have the DBI and SQLSyntax modules (I've been using it with CSVs)
- I've downloaded but not yet built the DBI::Oracle modeule from Symbolstone/CPAN
- What exactly is it that I need from Oracle - I am a TechNet subscriber, but not a heavy-duty Oracle DBA or other guru ... I'm finding their site complete opaque when it comes to figuring out what to download to get this to work? Thanks!

Also - has anyone heard of a problem in a setup like this where you can't login to the Oracle DB the first time, but subsequent attempts work OK?

Also, is there anything else I'd need to make this work with PHP? I'm pretty new to PHP and not even sure if this is the direction I want to go for the project ...

THANKS in Advance!

philc

 

[sem]

Unfortunately you have to download/order all that stuff. In fact you nead SQL*Net client and Pro*C but afaik you can not download them separately from database.