Re: perl with informix

"Michael Chen" <michaelc@idssoftware.com> writes: > F.Y.I. > > Try IDS Server. You don't need to use Perl but can create Webpages just > as powerful. Who said anything about Webpages? Perl is a general programming tool. Not just for creating Webpages. Perl 5 with DBI and DBD-Informix is at least very fun to work with. Some things are not ready yet (like cursors with hold), but I'm sure they will be. There are problems with the dynamic linking on some Unix versions, though. I have not been able to get it working on HP-UX 9.X with ESQL/C 5.X . > Jonathan Leffler <johnl@informix.com> wrote in article > <5fcmo7$o5v@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... > > Well, I think that you should be using Perl 5, in which case the obvious > > choice is DBI and DBD::Informix. In general, this is pretty straight- > > forward to build, though if you have an obstreperous version of Unix or > > don't use the C compiler to create your shared object files, life can be > > rather tricky. > > > > Yours, > > Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> > > > > >From: kayasidh@top.cis.syr.edu (Kayasidh Kasyapanun) > > >Date: 1 Mar 1997 15:12:28 GMT > > >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.34653> > > > > > >I would like to know how can I use perl to access Informix DB. I've read > > >about isqlperl but it is difficult to build and compile isqlperl when I > > >you are a user (it requires several files on the system that I don't > > >know how to get those files). > > > > PS: Yes, I'm looking after DBD::Informix for the time being, so I don't > > count as unbiassed. > > -- 'yvind Gjerstad Systems dept Tollpost-Globe AS N-6301 'ndalsnes/Norway E-mail: ogj@it.tollpost.no Phone: +47 7122 6663 Fax: +47 7122 6694