Re: Active State DBI Help!
[email protected] (Jonathan Leffler)
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Jean Lafleur <[email protected]> wrote: > I just have Active Perl set up. I need to do some database development. > Does it have a DB engine? How do I use it? Please help! If possible, > please call me at 203-667-6832. > > Just by having "use DBI;" by itself, the perl application would not run. > You need Perl and DBI, but you also need the database driver for the DBMS you choose to access, and you need the relevant software to access the DBMS, and the DBMS itself. Without all those bits, you are unlikely to succeed. So, choose your DBMS - install and configure it. Install the client software for your DBMS - and confiugure that. Then get the relevant DBD::<your-dbms-here> driver and install that. Now you might be able to get Perl to talk to the DBMS - if you got everything right. If you're familiar with your DBMS and its setup, then the first two steps aren't painful; if you're new to the DBMS, the first steps tend to be more painful. -- Jonathan Leffler <[email protected]> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0513 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused."