Re: Informix ONL 5.0 / ESQL 4.10.U and PERL 5.00404

On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:09:08 -0400, in article <35D87FD4.D7C@exchange.sms.siemens.com>, Rich Sy <Richmont.Sy@exchange.sms.siemens.com> wrote: >We have informix online 5.0 and esqlc 4.10.U. We want to use perl >5.00404 to interface with informix. So far we've not found any >available perl interface to informix that can make use of what we >currently have. I thought I've found something with the older 'isqlperl' >but it only compiles with perl 4. > >Can anyone suggest any strategy as to how we can quickly and efficiently >interface with informix? We don't have the expertise nor the time to >extend perl. > >We were thinking along the line of spawning an esqlc program from perl >that has all the informix connections available and communicate with the >perl parent process via some sort of an ipc. We thought we could use >dynamic sql but found that statements such as "describe...from" and >"allocate descriptor" do not compile in our current version of esqlc. Your version of esqlc is not new enough for dsql. Try upgrading. -- I DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE EMAIL IN REGARD TO USENET POSTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ DOH! | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 '' 6 9 0 6 9 '۳ Special Sig for perl groups. | Official Proof of Purchase ===========================================================================