[Phoenix-pm] DBD/DynaLoader question

[Michael Friedman]

Help?

I've installed DBI and DBD::Sybase, made sure everything can compile, 
and even tested it. So I know the modules are working. The only problem 
is that the module requires a certain order of directories in the 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH and I can't seem to set that automatically. (This is on 
Solaris.)

I have the ENV setting code as follows. It works fine and sets the 
environment for the script properly.
BEGIN
{
	if ($ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH})
	{
			$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = '/opt/sybase/lib:' . $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH};
	}
	else
	{
		$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = '/opt/sybase/lib';
	}
	$ENV{SYBASE} = '/opt/sybase';	
}

What I don't have is the place to put it. I've put it in my script, in 
my shared module, even in DBD::Sybase.pm itself! When I try to even 
load DBD::Sybase, it always acts as if the LD_LIBRARY_PATH was not set 
properly. It seems to be loading in the Sybase.so file before it runs 
the BEGIN block in DBD::Sybase itself. I don't know anything about the 
DynaLoader, so I'm not sure if it's safe to try inserting the code 
there -- or even where "there" is.

Anyone have any experience with DynaLoader and any thoughts that might 
help?

Thanks much!
-- Mike
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Michael Friedman                  HighWire Press, Stanford Southwest
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