Re: Connect to Informnix Database through Perl

Pop over to www.intraware.com and download the SDK. DBI compiles with any problems on AIX with the IBM C compiler, I haven't tried gcc on AIX Dominic Prakash wrote: > > Group, > > I would like to access Informix database from Perl. I have DBI already > installed in our Perl environment. When I tried to install > DBD::Informix 0.60, I got the error "No executable ESQL/C compiler > <..>/bin/esql". I know this is clearly specified in the DBI::Informix > README file. > > I am very much new to Informix and how do I know some package is > installed or not. We are using Informix 7.24. Is that ESQL/C a > different product that is not used in Informix. When I searched the > whole directory I found only one file "bin/esqlvers". The README says, > > "You must have a version of Informix ESQL/C or Informix > ClientSDK available to you. .. If you have Informix ODBC > drivers available to you, consider using DBD::ODBC instead." > > Where can I locate/get ClientSDK or ODBC drivers? Is there any compiled > version of DBD::Informix available fot AIX 4.x OS. > > Thanks a lot for your time. > > Dominic > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. -- Paul Watson # WF Software # If it was easy Tel ++44 1436 674729 # Everybody could do it Fax ++44 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com/informix #