Howto get Perl Informix DBI version number Pls

Hi all; How do I get the Informix::DBI version number from Perl? `What perl` reveals nothing of value and grepping the perl subdir's shows little. There must be a one liner you guys use? Iam on amongst other things HPux 11.00 / Perl 5.6.1. I suspect that perl has the Informix DBI embedded in it or am I thinking of Apache! Regards Ian

ian wrote: > How do I get the Informix::DBI version number from Perl? IF you have Active Perl - it comes with ppm which can be asked for information on installed package(s). On my Windows I can: C:\\>ppm query DBI Querying target 1 (ActivePerl 5.8.8.817) 1. DBI [1.50] Database independent interface for Perl C:\\>ppm query DBD Querying target 1 (ActivePerl 5.8.8.817) 1. DBD-DB2 [0.78] Perl driver for IBM DB2 Universal Database Jan M. Nelken

ian wrote: > How do I get the Informix::DBI version number from Perl? > > `What perl` reveals nothing of value and grepping the perl subdir's > shows little. > > There must be a one liner you guys use? > > Iam on amongst other things HPux 11.00 / Perl 5.6.1. > > I suspect that perl has the Informix DBI embedded in it or am I > thinking of Apache! There are two parts to solving this:- 1) Identify the module you are interested in accurately: DBI DBD::Informix 2) Know the magic ways of getting Perl to identify module versions: perl -MDBI -e 'print "$DBI::VERSION\\n";' perl -MDBD::Informix -e 'print "$DBD::Informix::VERSION\\n";' perl -MDBD::Informix=9999 perl -MDBI=9999 The first two are straight-forward - load the module you are after, and then print its VERSION value. The last two illustrates TMTOWTDI (pronounced tim-toady - There's More Than One Way To Do It). For example, with the DBI line, I get: $ perl -MDBI=9999DBI version 9999 required--this is only version 1.54 at /Users/jleffler/perl/v5.8.8/lib/5.8.8/Exporter/Heavy.pm line 121. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. $ There are, undoubtedly, other mechanisms, but these are adequate for most people most of the time. (It is at best debatable whether the Perl has any module embedded in it, in general. On HP-UX, I suppose it is possible that someone built a version of Perl with DBI and DBD::Informix statically linked into it, but that is pretty unlikely. The techniques above work regardless.) -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2005.02 -- http://dbi.perl.org/