Problems using an old version of DBI to connect to a remote Oracle 10g database

Dear all,

Appreciate if someone can help me with this.

I have a Solaris 5.6 Generic_105181-33 box on which I have Perl version
5.005_03.
I also have Perl modules DBI (version 1.14) and DBD::Oracle (version
1.06 - I think?? - how can I check this?)
I am using the following string to connect to a remote Oracle 10g
instance:

my $dbh = DBI->connect
("dbi:Oracle:$environment",$nsm_login,$nsm_password) || die "Unable to
connect to $environment: $DBI::errstr\n";

...where $environment is the instance name - this is defined in
tnsnames.ora.

I am getting the following error:

ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD: login failed)

I can connect OK from the command line using:

sqlplus login/password@instance_name

I suspect that I need newer versions of Perl, DBI and DBD.

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks,
Dave S

• Problems using an old version of DBI to connect to a remote Oracle 10g database by dave.salisbury
• RE: Problems using an old version of DBI to connect to a remote Oracle 10g database by Reidy, Ron
• Re: Problems using an old version of DBI to connect to a remote Oracle 10g database by John Scoles