Re: Issue with DBD::Oracle on OS X Snow Leopard

Ohio,

On 17 nov 2009, at 16.02, Jonas Brømsø Nielsen wrote:
> Hep,
> 
> I am experiencing some issues with DBD::Oracle on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
> 
> I have downloaded instant client Version 10.2.0.4 (32-bit) from: 
> 
> I have unpacked the downloaded zip files in: /Applications/instantclient and have added this to my: $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
> 
> The build goes with some warnings (I can provide this info if requested), performing the test sted gives me the following error:
> 
> sonic ~/Downloads/Folx/DBD-Oracle-1.23
> ; make test
> PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
> t/01base.t .............. # Test loading DBI, DBD::Oracle and version
> t/01base.t .............. 1/6 
> #   Failed test 'install_driver'
> #   at t/01base.t line 22.
> Failed to load Oracle extension and/or shared libraries:
> install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/Users/jonasbn/Downloads/Folx/DBD-Oracle-1.23/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle' for module DBD::Oracle: dlopen(/Users/jonasbn/Downloads/Folx/DBD-Oracle-1.23/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle, 2): Symbol not found: _OCIAttrGet
> Referenced from: /Users/jonasbn/Downloads/Folx/DBD-Oracle-1.23/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle
> Expected in: flat namespace
> in /Users/jonasbn/Downloads/Folx/DBD-Oracle-1.23/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.bundle at /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DynaLoader.pm line 207.
> at (eval 8) line 3
> Compilation failed in require at (eval 8) line 3.
> Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected
> at t/01base.t line 19
> The remaining tests will probably also fail with the same error.

The issue I belive is that it tries to also build and link a 64-bit version which will fail because oracle only provide 32-bit libs.

If you can live with running 32-bit perl then I suggest you try by always setting the environment variable VERSIONER_PERL_PREFER_32_BIT=1

/Claes