Thanks for the update, tried that and a similar example from CPAN as below:

$dsn = “dbi:Oracle:”;
$ENV{ORACLE_SID} = “orcl”;
delete $ENV{TWO_TASK};

$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, “”, “”, { ora_session_mode => ORA_SYSDBA });

Both gives core dump. Anyway, I’ll try on a separate Perl install, maybe I need an updated module. Can’t re-install the DBI module as am not the SA for the box.

I’ll post it in a Perl Beginner forum maybe someone can already confirm whether it work or does not.

FYI, am testing this local on the server where the Oracle DB is where sqlplus / as sysdba works.

Thanks again for the update.

I should be as simple as

use DBD::Oracle qw(:ora_session_modes);
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, "", "", {ora_session_mode => ORA_SYSDBA });

However Sysdba is usually disabled for anything but a ‘local’ user. Perhaps this is your problem.

cheers

Can you please confirm whether using DBI/DBD and connnecting “/as sysdba” work or does not work?

Am referring to one where you it can be invoke as similar to as if you are doing sqlplus “/as sysdba”.

Using DBI with username as password and SYSDBA works, but I tried some example where you do not need to specify username and password and ora_session_mode and ORA_SYSDBA but this does not seem to work.

Any confirmation on whether this is possible or not will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.