Installing DBD::Pg on Windows Vista

I am attempting to install DBD::Pg on a Windows Vista Ultimate machine for
my own personal use.  I am retired now, but did work with database systems
and expert systems.  I am developing a database for some linguistic
research.  Because others are using Perl (but not with a database) I really
need to include Perl routines in my work.  I have version 8.4 of PostgreSQL
and version 1.10.5 of PostgreSQL Tools.  They appear to be working, except
for the Perl interface.


I have downloaded DBD-Pg-2.18.1.tar.gz and have unzipped it, the result now
in C:\tmp\ DBD-Pg-2.18.1.  In step 1 of your instructions in “How to get
working DBD::Pg on Windows” you state to use MS Visual C++.  I do not have
this package, but do have C and Java.  Could I use C, and, if so, how would
that change your instructions?



Thanks for any help.