Put use strict; at the top of all of your Perl code.
In this case, it will highlight many lines that need to start with my.
POD directives should be surrounded by blank lines.
That's not an absolute requirement, but is needed in some cases, so it's best to do it everywhere.
See "perlpod: Hints for Writing Pod".
See "DBD::Oracle - connect()".
It shows multiple formats, none of which match what you've coded.
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
