Jared: Thanks for the step-by-step help. I feel like it oughta be easier than this. Anyway... > Did you start from the beginning on DBI with > "perl Makefile.pl" ? Absolutely. That's what it said in the README! > 'perl -V' will show you which compiler was used to create Perl. Among the output was... Compiler: cc=3D'cc', ccflags =3D' -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=3D199506L -D_REENTRANT -Ae = -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings -DNO_HASH_SEED -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=3D64 ', > ensure that gcc found in your patch before the stock cc. I tried putting /usr/local/bin at the head of my PATH. No joy. How do I do this? The copy of Perl I am using came from HP's web site. Should I be using one from another source? Thanks, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------