Re: installing dbd-pg for existing postgres 8.1 server

george wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> george wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> Please i have problems installing this driver. any help?
>>>
>>> i have an already installed postresql 8.1 database server on my laptop.
>>> i have installed the following prerequisites
>>> postgresql 8.1
>>> activestate perl 5.8 build 820
>>> DBI module from cpan
>>> nmake from visual C++
>>>
>>> I wish to use perl scripts to access my postgres databases, but i 
>>> have problems with  installing the DBD-Pg driver.
>>>
>>> Does someone know how to do it cleanly on an existing database. on a 
>>> windows platform?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't build your own. Install the prebuilt module, from 
>> http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000199
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> andrew
>>
> Hi Andrew,
> Thanks for the information. But please i may ask what is the 
> installation procedure?
> i have downloaded the modules but the installation procedure is missing.
> Thanks
No explicit download is needed. All you need to do is run this:

ppm install http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/955/DBD-Pg-5.8.ppd

cheers

andrew