You *could* use the SetEnv directive in httpd.conf to set Apache's environment variables. However, there's a better solution: I'm not sure how it works on Solaris, but on Linux, you can edit the file /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql to it. Once it's added run /sbin/ldconfig (optionally with -v to ensure that it noticed the new directory) and it will know to look in /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql when it needs shared libraries. This is the more "correct" solution, I think. Issac Jim Goh wrote: > Issac, > > Thanks for your quick reply. This installation are all new in my server. > I can run the script as any user as long as I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to > /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql path, w/o this LD set, i got same error as > show up on the web site. > > So I am not sure how to set the LD in the script? > > My apache run with user nobody and group nobody. > > thanks again! > > */Issac Goldstand <margol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: > > It looks like your MySQL client library isn't installed properly, or > else require some special odd permissions. > > Did you recently change anything in your server MySQL setup? > Can you run the Perl script on the server as the same user Apache > runs as? > Finally, just to be absolutely sure - when you say it runs from the > "command" line, you *do* mean the command line on the Apache server, > right? > > Issac > > Jim Goh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have perl 5.6.1 and mysql 5.0.24 installed and the following perl > > script works fine from command line, but not working when I run > from the > > IE browser: > > > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > > use DBI; > > use CGI qw(:standard); > > use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser'; > > use strict; > > > > print header; > > print start_html; > > my $docID; > > my $docfile = "test.doc"; > > my $docdesc = "this is test"; > > my $last_update; > > my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:dbname", "username", "password" ) > > or &dienice("Can't connect to database: $DBI::errstr"); > > my $sth = $dbh->prepare("insert into test_tbl values(?,?,?,?)") or > &dbdie; > > $sth->execute($docID, $last_update, $docfile, $docdesc) or &dbdie; > > print end_html; > > and here is the error i got from browser after ran it: > > > > > > > > Software error: > > > > install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load > '/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' > for module DBD::mysql: ld.so.1: perl: fatal: libmysqlclient.so.15: > open failed: No such file or directory at > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/sun4-solaris/DynaLoader.pm line 206. at > (eval 10) line 3 Compilation failed in require at (eval 10) line 3. > Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where > expected at /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/testdb.pl line 15 > > > > Thanks all for your help! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers > > . > > Try it now. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > See for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. > <http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx