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Connecting DBD::Oracle without using TCP/IP

by fx (Pilgrim)
on Dec 23, 2003 at 17:52 UTC ( [id://316665]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

fx has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

The DBD::Oracle documentation states that if your database resides on the same machine as your Perl code, then you can use a local IPC connector rather than TCP. My initial thought to this is that local IPC should be quicker.

The DBD::Oracle docs, however, do not cover Oracle 9i which is what I am using. The connection methods stated in the DBD::Oracle docs produce the error
DBI connect('','user',...) failed: ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach)
when I try running:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl BEGIN { $ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = '/app/oracle/product/9.0.1'; $ENV{TWO_TASK} = 'P:mydb'; } use DBI; $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:', 'user', 'pass') || die $!; $dbh->do("select 1 from dual"); $dbh->disconnect;

The DBD::Oracle docs suggest running $ORACLE_HOME/bin/adapters to make sure that the IPC adaptor is installed - mine is:

Installed Oracle Net Tranport Protocols are: IPC TCP/IP BEQueath SSL RAW

I did find a reference to a problem of this sort on Usenet but the article doesn't provide much help.

Can someone please suggest how I could connect to Oracle 9i with DBD::Oracle using something other than TCP/IP? If anyone has done this before, does a non-TCP/IP connection improve performance?

As you will be able to tell from my recent posts, I am having quite a lot of difficulty getting Oracle 9i to play nicely with Perl under my circumstances :)

Many thanks,

==fx, Infinity Is Colourless

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Re: Connecting DBD::Oracle without using TCP/IP
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 23, 2003 at 18:16 UTC
    I would recommend emailing the DBD::Oracle mailing list and seeing what they say. My reading of the DBD::Oracle docs is that Oracle9i technically isn't supported. (It works, but hasn't been fully vetted yet.)

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Re: Connecting DBD::Oracle without using TCP/IP
by Rhose (Priest) on Dec 23, 2003 at 19:15 UTC
    DBD::Oracle uses a TNS connect string to connect to the database. Depending on your Oracle client install the TNS names could be stored in a flat file called tnsnames.ora, on a names server, or in OID (Oracle internet directory) repository. Anyway, define a TNS name which will connect to the database in question and test the connection with SQL*Plus. Once you are able to connect with SQL*Plus, try connecting as below:

    $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:'.$TNS, $User, $Pass) || die $!;

    Update:
    PLEASE take this with a grain of salt, as I only use TCP for connections to my databases. I played around with using the bequeath adaptor to connect to one of my test instances, and I added the following entry to the local tnsnames.ora file:

    beqtst.world = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = BEQ) (PROGRAM = oracle) (ARGV0 = oraclenboprd00) (ARGS = '(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=BEQ)))') ) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = nboprd00)) )

    The ORACLE_SID of the database to which I was connecting is "nboprd00". To use this TNS name with the connection code above, set $TNS='beqtst';

    One other CYA, I did not test this with DBD::Oracle... I only tested it with SQL*Plus (I do not have DBD::Oracle installed on this test system, and I am not about to play with my install an hour before I leave for holiday. *Grins*)

Re: Connecting DBD::Oracle without using TCP/IP
by fx (Pilgrim) on Dec 28, 2003 at 20:24 UTC

    After a quick search on the Perl DBI mailing lists, I found a question and its answer which seems to be the solution to my problem.

    It would appear that if I want to use IPC then I need to configure a SID for the connection, but the answer that was provided cast doubt on whether IPC would be faster.

    If I can get it to work, perhaps I'll report my findings. Each run of my app updates 20,000 - 60,000 entries in a 6,000,000 record database over 6 tables so any small performance gain should be noticable.

Re: Connecting DBD::Oracle without using TCP/IP
by Nenad Noveljic (Initiate) on Oct 30, 2015 at 21:04 UTC

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