ANNOUNCE: DBD::Informix 0.59 released
The next release of DBD::Informix, version 0.59, has been uploaded to CPAN. It will be available worldwide in a day or three. DBD::Informix is the driver code that enables Perl 5.003 or 5.004 to access Informix databases via the DBI module (you'll need the code for both DBI version 0.90 and DBD::Informix). The code is available for download via: http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-category/07_Database_Interfaces http://www.arcana.co.uk/technologia/perl/DBI New in this release: * Fix for MODE ANSI database assertion * Fix for DATETIME (and INTERVAL) literal problems * Resolve -R option on Solaris and equivalents for getting path name of Informix shared libraries into DBD::Informix shared library, so you don't need as much environment set at run-time. Marked as KLUDGE. * Handles DBI 0.92 but tells you to upgrade to 0.93 (as you should). Still to do: * Add support for IUS data types. * Try to reproduce the problems reported by Kenji Hino <kenji@alcatraz.net> and then fix them. It is related null blobs and SQL error -608. * Investigate whether using sqlda structures in place of SQL descriptors makes a significant difference to the performance of DBD::Informix. * Integrate sqlcmd.sh into the build more thoroughly. Document it. Make it bomb-proof (for example, it fails horribly if you don't have a '-d' option on the command line because there isn't a way to connect to a database. =========================================================================== NOTE: this release was created in March 1998, but not released to the world because it didn't give a big enough jump in functionality. This is the the same code that was released to AirTouch who had big problems with DATETIME literals -- the problem which has forced this release into the open market. It does not have any of the recent features Tim has been talking about; it is a pure bug fix release. Also, the email directions are wrong -- I am back at Informix again. Using the j.leffler@acm.org address works; using jleffler@earthlink.net or jleffler@informix.com works; but if you try using jleffler@visa.com, you will get a bounce. =========================================================================== Let me know of problems, as usual, and solutions too when you have them. Enjoy! Jonathan Leffler (j.leffler@acm.org) #include <disclaimer.h> PS: Read the README file. Also read the Informix.Licence file. @(#)$Id: Announce,v 59.1 1998/02/06 17:52:59 jleffler Exp $