Oracle InstantClient 18 not used?

[fluca1978]

I'm moving my first setps in Oracle connectiivity thru DBIish, and I'm having troubles:

% ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/libclntsh.so 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 luca luca 17 gen 21  2019 /sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3/libclntsh.so -> libclntsh.so.18.1


% raku ~/tmp/test.p6            
DBIish: DBDish::Oracle needs 'libclntsh.so.12.1', not found
  in method handle-library-exception at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 92
  in block  at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 34
  in any  at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 34
  in method setup at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/core/sources/947BDAB9F96E0E5FCCB383124F923A6BF6F8D76B (NativeCall) line 319
  in method setup at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/core/sources/947BDAB9F96E0E5FCCB383124F923A6BF6F8D76B (NativeCall) line 366
  in sub raku-nativecall at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/core/sources/07D7A4E6581D1C9421412E7D2A0586F9FED3D9B5 (NativeCall::Dispatcher) line 46
  in method NlsCreate at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/86830BB4236CD5657DAEFEA2206AB7D14EEAADF2 (DBDish::Oracle::Native) line 338
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/507229042771141D1CA50793B5DFBE26BB0DAE89 (DBDish::Oracle) line 86
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 32
  in sub MAIN at /home/luca/tmp/test.p6 line 11
  in block <unit> at /home/luca/tmp/test.p6 line 8

Actually thrown at:
  in any  at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/precomp/C20680838E7F7E4A3704D367A5560087182AC812/14/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 line 1
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 34
  in sub MAIN at /home/luca/tmp/test.p6 line 11
  in block <unit> at /home/luca/tmp/test.p6 line 8


% raku --version
Welcome to Rakudo™ v2022.03.
Implementing the Raku® Programming Language v6.d.
Built on MoarVM version 2022.03.

Why is not recognizing my 18.3 client library?

[fluca1978]

I found that, in the comments, this is explained, even if not in the documentation (should it be added?): http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10646/oci02bas.htm#LNOCI16208: only 12.1 client can be used.
I've tried to rename the lib so that matches the required name, and it seems to do something, but I cannot connect even with tnsnames.ora in place.

% raku ~/tmp/test.p6
DBDish::Oracle: Can't connect: Logon failed: 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
' (12154)
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/507229042771141D1CA50793B5DFBE26BB0DAE89 (DBDish::Oracle) line 105
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 32
  in sub MAIN at /home/luca/tmp/test.p6 line 11
  in block <unit> at /home/luca/tmp/test.p6 line 8

with tnsnames.ora as:

% cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/tnsnames.ora 
test11=
(DESCRIPTION= 
 (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=...)(PORT=1521))
 (CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=test11))

and my Raku program as

use DBIish;

sub MAIN() {
    my $connection = DBIish.connect( 'Oracle',
                                    
                                     database => 'test11',
                                     user => 'luca,
                                     password => 'secret'
                                   );

}

Any idea what am I missing here?

[vrurg]

No idea what could be wrong on your side, but I have version 21.5 installed, which works well:

⇒ ll /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       17 Mar  4 19:08 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.10.1 -> libclntsh.so.21.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       17 Mar  4 19:08 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.11.1 -> libclntsh.so.21.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       17 Mar  4 19:08 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.12.1 -> libclntsh.so.21.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       17 Mar  4 19:08 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.18.1 -> libclntsh.so.21.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       17 Mar  4 19:08 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.19.1 -> libclntsh.so.21.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       17 Mar  4 19:08 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.20.1 -> libclntsh.so.21.1*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 83686960 Jan  7 15:02 /opt/oracle/instantclient_21_5/libclntsh.so.21.1*

[vrurg]

BTW, what's your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to?

[fluca1978]

I've LD_LIBRARY_PATH set the same as ORACLE_HOME, and this makes my applications in Perl working. So I guess there is something wrong with the environemtn settings:

% echo $ORACLE_HOME $LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
/sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3 /sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3

% raku tmp/test.p6                   
DBDish::Oracle: Can't connect: Logon failed: 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
' (12154)
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/507229042771141D1CA50793B5DFBE26BB0DAE89 (DBDish::Oracle) line 105
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 32
  in sub MAIN at tmp/test.p6 line 14
  in block <unit> at tmp/test.p6 line 11

My TNS file is:

% cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/tnsnames.ora
test11=
(DESCRIPTION= 
 (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=myoraclehost)(PORT=1521))
 (CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=test11))

The database argument I pass to the connect method is the TNS entry name.

[abraxxa]

Have you set TNS_ADMIN to the directory where your tnsnames.ora file is stored?

[fluca1978]

Yes, or at least, it seems to be fine to me:

% echo $ORACLE_HOME $LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TNS_ADMIN 
/sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3 /sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3 /sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3/network/tnsnames.ora

% raku test.p6                                      
DBDish::Oracle: Can't connect: Logon failed: 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
' (12154)
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/507229042771141D1CA50793B5DFBE26BB0DAE89 (DBDish::Oracle) line 105
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 32
  in sub MAIN at test.p6 line 14
  in block <unit> at test.p6 line 11



% cat $TNS_ADMIN 
test11=
(DESCRIPTION= 
 (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=myoraclehost)(PORT=1521))
 (CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=test11))

[abraxxa]

TNS_ADMIN should only contain the directory, not the filename.

[fluca1978]

Nothing changes:

% echo $ORACLE_HOME $LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TNS_ADMIN
/sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3 /sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3 /sviluppo/oracle/instantclient_18_3/network


% raku test.p6                               
DBDish::Oracle: Can't connect: Logon failed: 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
' (12154)
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/507229042771141D1CA50793B5DFBE26BB0DAE89 (DBDish::Oracle) line 105
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 32
  in sub MAIN at test.p6 line 14
  in block <unit> at test.p6 line 11

I forgot to mention I've already tried that before!

[abraxxa]

Does the tnsnames.ora entry work with other clients?

[fluca1978]

I've fixed some issues with the tnsnames.ora and now I'm able to connect via sqlplus.
But when I try to run the Raku application:

% raku test.p6
Cannot resolve caller buf-sized(Any:U); none of these signatures matches:
    (Blob:D \b)
    (Str:D \s)
  in method Logon at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/86830BB4236CD5657DAEFEA2206AB7D14EEAADF2 (DBDish::Oracle::Native) line 363
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/507229042771141D1CA50793B5DFBE26BB0DAE89 (DBDish::Oracle) line 97
  in method connect at /home/luca/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2022.03/share/perl6/site/sources/1423FEB30CB3EB90926C353C54979CF2C7B252C8 (DBIish) line 32
  in sub MAIN at test.p6 line 14
  in block <unit> at test.p6 line 11

The application does only one thing:

use DBIish;

sub MAIN() {
    my $connection = DBIish.connect( 'Oracle',
                                    
                                     database => 'test11',
                                     user => 'luca,
                                     password => 'secret'
                                   );

}