ANNOUNCE: IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl DBI Version 2008.0513 (2008-05-13) released

IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl DBI Version 2008.0513 (2008-05-13) 
has been uploaded to CPAN.

IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl (also known as DBD::Informix) is
the driver code that enables Perl 5.6.1 or later to access Informix
databases via the DBI module (but if you are not already using Perl
5.10.0 - or any later version - you should be planning to upgrade).  You
will need the code for DBI version 1.38 or later as well (v1.604 - or any
later version - is recommended).  The code for DBD::Informix is
available for download via:

http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-category/07_Database_Interfaces
http://dbi.perl.org/

** When you successfully build this module, use the ItWorks (Perl)
** script to report your configuration to the maintenance team (meaning
** Jonathan Leffler) at [email protected].
** The ItWorks script does not send email to anybody; you have to do
** that yourself.

New in release :PRODVER::
* Fix $sth->{TYPE}: return 9 (SQL_DATE) not -1 (SQL_LVARCHAR), fixing an
  11-year old bug.
* Add support for BIGINT in ESQL/C 3.50, including $h->{ix_bigserial}.
* CPAN Testers reporting issues because Makefile.PL not exiting
  successfully when pre-requisites not met.
* ESQL/C 3.50 (for IDS 11.50) typedefs ifx_loc_t - update dumpesql.h to
  cope (Joe R Plugge <[email protected]>).
* ESQL/C test fails during configuration when $Config{ccflags} has
  leading spaces.  Records show this problem also affected Dr Guenther
  Seifert <[email protected]> in June 2007.  Apologies
  for not getting it fixed sooner.

Release 2008.0229:
* RT#32975: Add $h->{ix_serial} and $h->{ix_serial8}.

Release 2007.0914
* RT#29364: Fix problem identifying ESQL/C libraries.

Release 2007.0904:
* Bug fix and tidying up release - no new functionality.
* Simplified internal release processing
* Refixed support for ESQL/C 5.20.
* Report server version better (using DBINFO).
* Reworked some headers.
* Reworked ExtUtils::AutoInstall code.

Support email address:
* This release is supported by Jonathan Leffler <[email protected]>.
* You may also report your bugs via the CPAN resolution tracking system:
    http://rt.cpan.org/
* Such bug reports can be sent by email to [email protected];
  they also get sent to [email protected], etc.

As always, see the ChangeLog file for details about what has changed.

Jonathan Leffler ([email protected], [email protected])

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