Oracle Driver fails on PERL script

Question

I am trying to run a PERL script that accesses the Oracle database library. I get the following error:
install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so' for module DBD::Oracle: libclntsh.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
at (eval 16) line 3
Compilation failed in require at (eval 16) line 3.
Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected
I've looked, and the Oracle.so file is located in the path where it says it cant find it and the libclntsh.so.10.1 is located in the $ORACLE_HOME directory. The $ORACLE_HOME is set to /opt/instantclient_10_2 where the libclntsh.so.10.1 file is located, I also set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to :/opt/instantclient_10_2 where the libclntsh.so.10.1 file is located. I can't seem to figure out why it won't work. Are there any other environment variables that need to be set? It seems to me that the Oracle driver should be found. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Also, when I print the $ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'} variable in PERL, it doesn't print anything out. Could that be the problem?
Thanks!
Edited by: 804130 on Oct 21, 2010 8:59 AM
Edited by: 804130 on Oct 21, 2010 9:24 AM

Answer 1

It seems like it must be a problem with the $ORACLE_HOME value. I added the following line at the beginning of the script:
print $ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'};
and I get the following error message:
Use of uninitialized value in print at ./get_closed_TR.pl line 17.
The environment variable is set in my .bashrc profile and exported. It displays properly when I echo $ORACLE_HOME, but apparently the PERL script can't see it.
Any ideas? Thanks again!