Oracle client v9.2.0.5 Windows XP SP2 Y: drive is held on a Windows 2003 server. C:\Temporary\DBD-Oracle-1.17>perl makefile.pl -V 9.2.0 Using DBI 1.50 (for perl 5.008008 on MSWin32-x86-multi-thread) installed in y:/C ore/Perl5.8/site/lib/auto/DBI/ Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.008008 on MSWin32 (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread) Remember to actually *READ* the README file! Especially if you have any problems . Using Oracle in C:/Oracle/Product/Ora9205 If sqlplus failed due to a linker/symbol/relocation/library error or similar problem then it's likely that you've not configured your environment correct ly. Many systems need an environment variable (such as LD_LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH) set to include the directory containing the Oracle libraries. Forcing Oracle version to be treated as 9.2.0 Oracle version 9.2.0 (9.2) Found OCI directory Using OCI directory 'OCI' invalid top directory at y:/Core/Perl5.8/lib/File/Find.pm line 592.