Unable to install DBD::Oracle on windows XP

Hello All=20

I have installed Active Perl on my windows XP and also installed DBI
package.=20
But When I try to install DBD::Oracle I get the follow error=20

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ppm> install DBD-Oracle.ppd
Error: no suitable installation target found for package DBD-Oracle.
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Can some please help me.

Thanks
Karthik.pr

Re: Unable to install DBD::Oracle on windows XP

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:51:59 +0530, R, Karthik P wrote:

Hi

> I have installed Active Perl on my windows XP and also installed
> DBI package.

You need DBI.

> But When I try to install DBD::Oracle I get the follow error

You don't need DBD::Oracle.

Connect via DBD::ODBC.
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Re: Unable to install DBD::Oracle on windows XP

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Hi
I use DBI + DBD::Oracle
but I think you should
ppm>install DBD-Oracle

and not
ppm> install DBD-Oracle.ppd


On 6/23/06, R, Karthik P wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
> I have installed Active Perl on my windows XP and also installed DBI
> package.
> But When I try to install DBD::Oracle I get the follow error
>
> *****************************************************
> ppm> install DBD-Oracle.ppd
> Error: no suitable installation target found for package DBD-Oracle.
> *****************************************************
>
> Can some please help me.
>
> Thanks
> Karthik.pr
>
>
>


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Re: Unable to install DBD::Oracle on windows XP

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:08:03 +0200, Sagiv Barhoom wrote:

Hi

> but I think you should
> ppm>install DBD-Oracle
> and not
> ppm> install DBD-Oracle.ppd

This works:

C:\>ppm install DBD::Oracle
Installing package 'DBD-Oracle'...
Bytes transferred: 213415
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\dbdimp.h
etc
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Ron Savage, ron@savage.net.au on 7/07/2006
http://savage.net.au/index.html
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