[db07-dc2:~] root% ./dbitest.pl install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't locate DBD/Oracle.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/vendor_perl .) at (eval 3) line 3. Perhaps the DBD::Oracle perl module hasn't been fully installed, or perhaps the capitalisation of 'Oracle' isn't right. Available drivers: DBM, ExampleP, File, Gofer, Proxy, Sponge. at ./dbitest.pl line 19 #### #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use DBI; my $ORACLE_HOME = "/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.4"; my $ORACLE_SID="qaecom1"; my $USER="user"; my $PASS="password"; $ENV{ORACLE_HOME}=$ORACLE_HOME; $ENV{ORACLE_SID}=$ORACLE_SID; $ENV{PATH}="$ORACLE_HOME/bin"; $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}="$ORACLE_HOME/lib"; use strict; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect( 'dbi:Oracle:qaecom1', '$USER', '$PASS', ) || die "Database connection not made: $DBI::errstr"; $dbh->disconnect; #### cpan> install DBD::Oracle CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /homedir/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Thu, 31 May 2012 00:43:03 GMT DBD::Oracle is up to date. #### [db07-dc2:~] root% ls -l /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int/ | grep DBD drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Dec 12 15:50 DBD #### [db07-dc2:~] root% ls -l /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int/DBD total 396 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 52180 Dec 21 2010 DBM.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root root 12168 Aug 16 2010 ExampleP.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Dec 12 15:50 File -r--r--r-- 1 root root 44277 Dec 21 2010 File.pm drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 512 Dec 12 15:50 Gofer -r--r--r-- 1 root root 48753 Jul 26 2010 Gofer.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4065 Dec 21 2010 NullP.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root root 29044 Jun 8 2010 Proxy.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7983 Sep 26 2007 Sponge.pm