Re: Perplexing error message with Oracle 10g Express Edition.

[PodMaster]

Did you search?

Which version of perl do you have?

Where did you install the binaries from?

Its a binary compatibility problem. Perl-5.8.x has broken compatibility a couple of times, and whomever created your DBI/Oracle binaries (ppd), did so with a perl which is not compatible with yours.

Offhand, compatibility was broken in 5.8.1, 5.8.7.

The solution is to reinstall a DBI and DBD::Oracle compatible with your version of perl, or upgrade your perl.

update: It appears this incompatibility are due to ActiveState's modifications (ActivePerl build 816).

[DigitalKitty]

Hi PodMaster.

I consulted Google but I wasn't able to find anything which solved the problem. My current setup is:


• WinXP
• Perl 5.8.7 (ActiveState binary build 813)


Thanks for the help,

~Katie

*Update: After upgrading to ActivePerl 5.8.8 (Build: 817) and DBI to 1.50, the previous problem has been eliminated.