Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:30:29 -0500 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildret@scotth.emsphone.com> To: Chris Timmons <cwt@networks.cwu.edu> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux_base on 7-Stable for linux-oracle-instantclient? Message-ID: <1248197429.4379.73.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20090721095129.A33299@n.cwu.edu> References: <20090720164237.K25579@n.cwu.edu> <1248191388.4379.63.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <20090721095129.A33299@n.cwu.edu>
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On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 10:11 -0700, Chris Timmons wrote: > We need basic access to an Oracle database via Perl DBI on FreeBSD > 7-stable. Does linux_dist-gentoo-stage3 facilitate compiling/installing a > linux perl better than doing so using the fc4 linux_base? fc4-linux base does have dev ports, so you can't compile. > > It seems like I will need some combination of the linux-instantclient and > Oracle-8 client ports installed, then a linux perl to interface with > them(?) The 8 client is to old, current version of DBD::Oracle won't compile with it. > > The proxy is in interesting idea which I will look into. > > -c > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > > >> We are trying to get a reasonable Perl interface on FreeBSD into Oracle; > >> any other suggestions welcome. > > > > What exactly are you trying to do? If you want to use DBD::Oracle a > > linux perl will be needed, basically you will need to install linux_dist-gentoo-stage3 > > do a change root and compile perl, DBD::Oracle...etc. You can always run > > a Proxyserver somewhere and use DBD::Proxy to connect to Oracle.
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