Re: DBD::Oracle doesn't work with Oracle 10g (10.1.0.3) under Mac OS X (10.3.8) or how to make it working?

Hermez, et al,

On Apr 9, 2005, Hermez <4Hertz@xxxxxx> wrote:

> After painful days and nights, trying to make DBD::Oracle working
> with Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1.0.3) on Mac OS X, I am at my wits'
> end.

> I have started the hard trip with the Oracle instant client and even
> the above mentioned full version doesn't lead to a solution.
> Afterwards, I have followed the advice mentioned in  README.macosx
> (included in DBD::Oracle), and installed Perl from scratch. Without
> progress, unfortunately.

> Let me describe the affected environment before I start with the dirty
> facts:

I got Instant Client 10.1.0.3 for Mac OS X to work!
Before you run "make", edit your Makefile, changing line 483
(or thereabouts) from:
        NMEDIT = nmedit
to:
        NMEDIT = echo

Does this same workaround help you?

Cheers,
Dan
http://cmi.pm.org/

> ************************** SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT *********************************

> Systemversion:  Mac OS X 10.3.8 (7U16)
> Kernel-Version: Darwin 7.8.0

> /usr/bin/perl -V
> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:
>   Platform:
>     osname=darwin, osvers=7.8.0, archname=darwin-2level
>     uname='darwin localhost 7.8.0 darwin kernel version 7.8.0: wed
>     usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef
> usemultiplicity=undef

> Oracle has been installed with an own client, as shown below:
> uid=503(oracle) gid=88(oinstall) groups=88(oinstall)

> ************************** Problem description *********************************

> In order to fix namespace collisions in Oracle's dynamic libraries,
> the README.macosx recommends to issue the "nmedit" command - but only
> for Jaguar. Despite the fact, that it is not mentioned for Panter, it
> has been invoked while the compilation itself and aborted, as shown
> in the extract below:

> [...]
> chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle
> nmedit -R ./hints/macos_bundle.syms
> blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle
> nmedit: symbols names listed in: ./hints/macos_bundle.syms not in:
> blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle
> _kpuach
> _kpuasav
> _kpucer
> _kpudbcx
> _kpudc
> _kpudcx
> _kpuddb
> _kpudex
> _kpudsc
> _kpuexes
> _kpugbccx
> _kpugbncx
> _kpugc
> _kpugdcx
> _kpugml
> _kpuic
> _kpuicx
> _kpulsc
> _kpumcf
> _kpusdl
> _kpusdt
> _kpusnchr
> _kpusvar
> _main
> make: *** [blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle] Error 1
> $

> Therefore, I am curious if somebody succeeded making DBD::Oracle with
> Oracle 10g under Mac OS X working. Even better, does somebody have an
> idea how to make it working? :-)

> Best regards,
> H.
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