SAMP perl dbi mysql

I have Solaris 10 0606 running with Apache2 mysql and php - all standard. I can access data on mysql thru a simple php script via Apache2. I would like to run a Perl cgi script to access the mysql database, but am having problems. It appears DBI.pm is not available. Does Solaris 10's 0606 full install support the ability to access mysql data via Perl DBI or other mechanism? If so, does anyone have a simple example of how this was done? If it is not supported, and additional Perl modules or other configurations are needed, does any one have a listing of steps to get this working? Thanks!

This is a bug report I filed with Blastwave.org after attempt to use their DBI::Mysql package.
perl: fatal: relocation error
Description I cant get Solaris 5.10 0606 packaged version of perl and Mysql to connect using Blastwave added module pm_dbi and pm_dbdmysql. Fails with -- ld.so.1: perl: fatal: relocation error: file /opt/csw/lib/perl/csw/auto/DBI/DBI.so: symbol Perl_Gthr_key_ptr: referenced symbol not found
Additional Information SunOS sol10 5.10 Generic_118855-15 i86pc i386 i86pc
This is perl, v5.8.4 built for i86pc-solaris-64int
(with 28 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
mysql Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.24, for pc-solaris2.10 (i386)
smupdate 07-25-2006
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port";
Supporting information:
http://woss.name/2006/05/21/installing-dbimysql-on-solaris-10/
http://forum.sun.com/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=96067&messageID=331249
And the bug report response:
http://www.blastwave.org/mantis/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0001674
This is not a bug in CSWpmdbi. All blastwave perl modules are built to use CSWperl. CSWpmdbi is also built to work with CSWmysql4.
I recommend that you use the blastwave packages and not the Sun supplied packages. Many sites use the blastwave packages and they can use any other blastwave package that needs perl and mysql. The same is true for perl and postgresql.
Or, if you believe that you must use the Sun supplied perl and mysql, you should be able to build and install DBI. You will need to download Studio 11. Studio 11 is available at no cost to you.

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This means that to install DBD:Oracle you need to first install Oracle... Unless, someone knows which files are necessary for the install, and they are legally availablke without breaking the Oracle license.
I have sucessfully installed DBD:Oracle in this way (at least, I can communicate with a remote server).
There are similar issues with DBD:ODBC.
This installs easily, however, as I understand the situation, it needs to communicate with other local "driver" software in order to contact the remote server. I I have not yet sucessfully installed and used this "driver" software. Again this seems to require a lcal Oracle installation.
The driver software consists of a driver manager, and the driver itself. Different people distribute different versions of these and the documentation available has confused me - perhaps some of it is out of date?
Up to now I am working on a lightly loaded machine with space. I will need to set up the working system on another more heavily loaded machine. I do not want to have to Install Oracle on that. I will never use it. It will only be there to permit installation of the Perl DBD stuff.
Hints and advice welcome.
Dave

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