The official DBI::perl documentation web site contains the latest documentation.
SimpleQuery.pl is a program that can be run on any client machine that has DBI::Oracle installed. The Oracle client software must also be present, and $ORACLE_HOME and $TNS_ADMIN variables must also be set. Here is some sample output from this program:
%setup oracle % SimpleQuery.pl ------------------------------------------- Simple jdbc query demonstration program you will be prompted for an oracle username, password, SID name, and query. ------------------------------------------- enter a SID:cdf_dev3 oracle userid:scott oracle password:tiger enter a query:select * from ped CID | CHANNEL | OFFSET | O_ERROR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | %