DBI possibly bogus error message

[DeepBleu]

In addition to the two that Andy mentions, there is also the mxODBC package
that connects to Oracle (and a host of other databases) using ODBC on
Windows.
DCOracle2 is good too.
DeepBleu

"Andy Todd" <andy47 at halfcooked.com> wrote in message
news:Xns91A53FB3C938Candy47halfcookedcom at 203.109.250.24...
> Lee <lee at jamtoday.com> wrote in news:h37c5ugr0t6dn3gt37mf7em7oddrjrddf2@
> 4ax.com:
>
> > I'm a brand new Python user.  I've got Active Python (and Active Perl)
> > installed on my wintel sysem.
> >
> > I'm using the pyperl module to reach  perl's DBI and DBD-Oracle
> > modules.
> >
> > I follow the example in dbi2.py (which has an error, in the connect
> > statement  by the way,instead of DBI:Oracle:database=blahblah  I
> > needed DBI:Oracle:blahblah).
> >
> > After some mucking about, I got an error message "Cant locate
> > Python/Object.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...<my path to Perl/lig and
> > Perl/site/lib> )
> > BEGIN failled--compiation aborted
> >
> > After that unpromissing beginning, lo and behold, I see the data I've
> > selected from my oracle table neatly printed out as advertized.
> >
> > Anybody have a clue as to whats going on?
> >
> > Is the error truly bogus? If not, whats the problem and how do I fix
> > it? If so, how do I surpress it?
> >
> > Thanx in advance
>
> Lee,
>
> I'm not a Perl user so can't address that part of your question. I do,
> however, frequently access Oracle databases directly from Python.
>
> May I suggest you check out the DB-Sig
(http://www.python.org/sigs/db-sig/)
> and the associated Database topic guide
> (http://www.python.org/topics/database/).
>
> On those pages you will find pointers to a number of Python modules that
> allow you to directly access Oracle. The two that I have used are
cx_Oracle
> (http://www.computronix.com/utilities) and DCOracle2
> (http://www.zope.org/Members/matt/dco2 - although there may be a more up
to
> date reference at zope.org)
>
> Once you see how easy it is to get Python talking to Oracle you will never
> go back, trust me ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Andy
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