Re: DBI Perl

[Posted and mailed] In article <3278FB21.66EF@cheyenne.com>, John Anest <john@cheyenne.com> writes: > I'm using a set of libraries called DBI which allow me to connect to > Informix with Perl 5. > > I have not been able to find doc's on the actually implemented > version ( .073 ). > > Does anybody know where I can find them? > Docs for DBI are on the web site: http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/index.html There's not much to the interface. If you like, I can forward you some email I just wrote describing the basic interface. > Does anybody have any alternatives to DBI? What are you trying to do that you can't do in DBI? It doesn't have stored procedure support, or support for BLOBs...Those *are* limitations, but for a lot of perl-ish type applications you can still get a lot done. Support for the Informix driver for DBI was just handed over to an engineer at Informix. I emailed him today about the project (I had some questions about Illustra support..), so I'm not sure yet if the driver will support the above limitations in the near future. But the source is free and hackable! (if you're so inclined..) Cheers, -- James --------------------- James Paul Cooper Organic Online pixel@organic.com