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Database Connection from Perl

I am using DBI, DBD:Oracle to connect to database through a perl script in cgi directory from Apache.
I am getting following error while I run the .cgi script...

[Thu Mar 20 17:07:55 2003] [error] [client 140.176.34.111] DBI connect('host=hostname;sid=orcl;port=1521','user','passwod') failed: at C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/cgi-bin/test_db2_new.pl line 20
[Thu Mar 20 17:07:55 2003] [error] [client 140.176.34.111] Error:

I am using Apache web server 1.2 running on windows 2000 and my database is on HPUX.

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Itatsumaki

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adg080898

Try this:

my(@aDBILogin) = (
'DBI:Oracle:__THEDATABASE__;host=__THEHOST__',
'__THEUSERNAME__',
'__THEPASSWORD__'
);

my($dbh);

$dbh = DBI->connect(@aDBILogin);
$dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;

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adg080898

He got two responses, one on the same day and one the day after. It's been 6 months with no response.