Re: Compiling DBD::Informix without ESQL/C?

Is it possible to compile DBD::Informix using different Informix versions and operating systems, put those binaries in a ftp site and let anyone download them for free without breaking any licence agreement? If the answer is YES here's another question: Have anyone done that? Jonathan Leffler wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Narkinsky, Pat wrote: > > I DBA on an Informix based vertical application running Informix > > 7.14.UD7 (soon to upgrade to 7.24) on AIX 4.3.x and would like to run > > perl with DBI/DBD::Informix. > > Good idea. > > > Unfortunately, I don't have ESQL/C available, > > Bad idea. > > > so I cannot compile DBD::Informix (right?). > > Right. > > > Is there any way around this? > > You could use I4GL instead, but I don't recommend it. No, basically, you > need ESQL/C, as it says fairly clearly in the DBD::Informix documenation. > > > Am I already licensed for ESQL/C and don't know it maybe? > > Maybe -- is there an ESQL/C installed on your machine? If so, you're OK; > if not, you probably aren't. > > > In the past, we have bought Informix from our application vendor: if I > > wanted to buy ESQL/C (single user) how much should I expect to pay? > > I don't know -- I'm not in sales. > > > Thanks for any advice you may have! This whole @output = `echo select > > foo from bar | dbaccess v001` thing is getting _very_ old :-). > > It would. If you had ESQL/C, you could also investigate SQLCMD from the IIUG > archives as an alternative to DB-Access. > > Yours, > Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> > Guardian of DBD::Informix -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN