libdbd-odbc-perl error "install_driver(ODBC) failed: Unable to get DBI state from DBI"

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:01:19 +0000, Wolfgang Pauer wrote:

> I'm trying to connect to an ODBC data source using perl on Debian 7.3 (system is on recent updates).
> This fails with the following error:
> install_driver(ODBC) failed: Unable to get DBI state from DBI::_dbistate at 10104b30. DBI not loaded. at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/DynaLoader.pm line 207.
> Compilation failed in require at (eval 26) line 3.
> 
> at ./dbcheck.pl line 15

"DBI not loaded" sounds interesting.
Not sure which "line 3" the error refers to; maybe the "use DBI;" in
your script?
So this sounds like a DBI problem; on the other hand, the message is
about "install_driver(ODBC)" ... Hm.

Does your script work if you uninstall libdbd-odbc-perl?
 
> I'm just calling a simple script that's checking the installed data sources:

FWIW, the script works for me on amd64, with and without
libdbd-odbc-perl installed, and with the same versions of the
packages you are using.

Let's hope someone else has more ideas ...


Cheers,
gregor

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