Cannot find DBD::Informix for ActivePerl 5.8.3

(This message has already been posted to comp.lang.perl.misc but it was suggested that I post it here ) I have installed the DBI module for ActivePerl5.8.3 and I can now communicate with my Informix database using the ODBC drivers. i.e , if I run the following code my @drivers = DBI->available_drivers(); print "\\nThe following DBD-Drivers/Datasources are available:\\n"; foreach my $driver (@drivers) { print "Driver: [$driver]\\n"; next if $driver =~ /proxy/i; my @datasources = DBI->data_sources($driver); foreach my $datasource (@datasources) { print "\\t$datasource\\n"; } } I can see the following The following DBD-Drivers/Datasources are available: Driver: [DBM] DBI:DBM:f_dir=. DBI:DBM:f_dir=backup DBI:DBM:f_dir=Perl Scripts Driver: [ExampleP] dbi:ExampleP:dir=. Driver: [File] DBI:File:f_dir=. DBI:File:f_dir=backup DBI:File:f_dir=Perl Scripts Driver: [ODBC] DBI:ODBC:MS Access Database DBI:ODBC:Excel Files DBI:ODBC:Visual FoxPro Database DBI:ODBC:Visual FoxPro Tables DBI:ODBC:dBASE Files DBI:ODBC:MQIS DBI:ODBC:Xtreme Sample Database DBI:ODBC:new_tktest DBI:ODBC:ol_histinf Driver: [Proxy] Driver: [Sponge] The DBI:ODBC:new_tktest and DBI:ODBC:ol_histinf both provide connections to my informix database. I have written some simple scripts and verified that I can retrieve data However , I would like to connect to Informix directly rather than go via ODBC. When I run ppm and enter the command 'Search DBD' I can see 87 different drivers , but none relating to Informix . Can anyone suggest how I do this ? Many thanks Niall