Re: Informix library for PERL

In article <4eqskc$mrf@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, cdr@xteam.co.at (Christian Drauch) writes: >> >> I would like to access Informix database from PERL natively - The same way that >> C does at the compile time. Does anyone know how to achieve this with PERL. >> >> Many thanks. >> > >Maybe that's what you are asking for: > >name: Isqlperl >version: 1.1 >interface from: perl >interface to: Informix >limits: Maximum concurrently open cursors configured at build time. >descritpion: Isqlperl is a set of user subroutines to enable Perl programs to > access Informix databases. >requires: Perl 4.035 or higher, Informix ESQL/C (Online, SE, or Turbo) >discussion: perldb-interest-REQUEST@vix.com >restrictions: GNU Public License >author: Bill Hails <bill@tardis.co.uk> >how to get: ftp pub/perl/db/isqlperl/isqlperl-1.1.shar.Z > from ftp.demon.co.uk >updated: 1993/10/02 > >RE: I have still not played with isqlperl. > >Chris Drauch >...................................................................... I have recently tried to build this on a Sun SPARCserver 1000E running SunOS 5.4 and Ver. 5.05 of the OnLine engine. Perl4 built with no problem and the tests ran fine. Isqlperl also built with no problem, but when trying to use it (tests, or to run simple perl scripts) it simply gives a "Bus error" and quits. (I was told Bus errors are "addresses out of range" in an older vernacular.) Since isqlperl was written a few years back, is there anything that would be incompatible with either later OS's or Ver. 5.05 of esql ? I have run the esql demo1 example with no problem (so esql is working, as well as perl itself). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you very much. Marvin Beck Computation Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA