Re: DBI::Oracle problems

Just thought I'd write back to say that (I think!) it had nothing to do with
the software version, and everything to do with me knowing more about Oracle
than PostgreSQL!

I had not been sure how to get PostgreSQL to re-start every time the server
bounced, so I followed the advice I'd seen in a number of tutorials dotted
around the place (for example,
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-fedora-linux-install-postgresql-server/
or http://wiki.scinterface.com/index.php/HowTo:_Install_PostgreSQL) , which
involved simply issuing the command 'chkconfig on'.

That turns out to have been a mistake: from what I can guess, it means the
PostgreSQL service starts before the Oracle environment variables are set.

If instead I simply did 'chkconfig off' and then manually started PostgreSQL
(postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &), then all worked fine,
as many times as I liked, and no matter how often I logged off and back on.
I dare say some fiddling with the startup script will enable me to do the
chkconfig on AND have my environment variables picked up correctly.

Frustrating, nevettheless, but at least it's fixable.

Regards
HJR

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:24 AM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:10:02AM +1000, Howard Rogers wrote:
> > I am stumped, despite working on this for a week! I am trying to create a
> > 64-bit postgresql 8.4 database server which can retrieve data from
> various
> > 64-bit Oracle 10gR2 and 11gR2 databases.
>
> Try downloading the latest version of DBI-Link using the "Download
> Source" link at <http://github.com/davidfetter/DBI-Link>
>
> There is also a low-traffic mailing list for the project, where
> questions like this are more on point :)
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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