Perl

Shell and Perl in one script

To run a Perl script directly like a binary from within the shell, you have to set the executable flag on the script Add the shebang line (the 1st line (#!...) specifiyng the interpreter to use) #!/usr/bin/env perl(…)

Install Oracle instant client and perl DBD::Oracle @ Mac OS X Yosemite

Recently, I tried to install and connect to Oracle databases directly from my new Mac Book using perl  (Yes, perl is still one of the most friendly programming language for DBAs). What first seemed to be easy was in reality(…)

Why Perl is my choice for scripting

I have been advising to use Perl for a long time in order to automate Oracle processes and operations. This week however, I tried for once to write a small procedure on a simple Linux shell (ksh and bash). This(…)

How to connect to an Oracle database using the perl DBI module and DBD::Oracle “as sysdba”?

Well, I have read many posts about this, but was unable to find a suitable solution up to now … Google was not my friend(…)