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From: Michael Peppler <mpeppler at MBAY dot NET>
Subject: Re: perl directory tree migration problem
Date: Dec 8 1997 4:17PM
Brian Black wrote:
>
> hi everyone,
>
> i installed perl 5004.004 and sybperl 2.08.52 on an nt4 server using visual c++
> without any problems. i had a request to install it on another nt box, but the
> system administrator will not allow me to install the c++ compiler first. he
> requested that i copy the perl directory tree only and did so.
>
> in running a simple test, i get the following error:
>
> DB-Library error:
> Specified server name attribute could not be found
> Operating-system error:
> There is no OS level error
> Can't call method "dbuse" without a package or object reference at test.pl
> line 7.
>
> the perl, sybase include and lib paths in the target nt system appear to be set
> correctly.
>
After some querying on Usenet and SYBASE-L it seems that this error
is printed when CTlib (or DBlib from OpenClient 11.x) tries
to connect to a server that does not exist in the interfaces
file.
I find this error particularily misleading, and I much prefer
the old DBlibrary error: "Server name not found in interfaces file":
kiruna (8:07am):9 > perl -MSybase::DBlib -e '$dbh = new Sybase::DBlib
"sa",undef,"foo";'
DB-Library error:
Server name not found in interface file.
kiruna (8:08am):10 > perl -MSybase::CTlib -e '$dbh = new Sybase::CTlib
"sa",undef,"foo";'
Open Client Message:
Message number: LAYER = (5) ORIGIN = (3) SEVERITY = (4) NUMBER = (3)
Message String: ct_connect(): network packet layer: internal net library
error: Specified server name attribute could not be found
So for those of you who are hitting this problem, either with
sybperl or DBI/DBD::Sybase, please make sure that $SYBASE points
to a valid SYBASE install directory, that the interfaces file
is available there (or sql.ini for NT [I think! - I'm not an NT
user!]), and that the server name you try to connect to (either
explicitly in the new/connect/dblogin/ct_connect call or in the
DSQUERY variable) is correct and exists in the interfaces file.
Many thanks to all who answered my question!
Michael
--
Michael Peppler -||- Data Migrations Inc.
mpeppler@datamig.com -||- http://www.mbay.net/~mpeppler
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