On 8/29/07, Yechiel Adar <adar666@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jared, Ron and Cary > > As Sanjay wrote using Perl connecting with host=;sid= does not use > tnsnames. > The same as working with thin jdbc. > > True, but DBI cannot connect to Oracle without the Oracle client. The OP wanted to know how the connection was being made in the absence of a specific port #, hence my suggestion for enabling sqlnet tracing. At this point I would suggest that Sanjay join the DBI users mail list. http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=dbi-users -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist