Re: DBD::Pg...what I need?

[Thomas G. <to...@ad...>]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Nicolas Lafferty wrote:

> Is there a difference between DBD-Pg and DBD::Pg. I thought that they where
> the same. But if not, that's why i can't get the program working.
> 
> Nick Lafferty

Hey Nick,

DBD::Pg looks like a fully qualified package::variable...

DBI is the toplevel perl module for database access, it is generic.
Into it you plug 'drivers' that are specific to the various SQL
implementations.  So to run sql-ledger you'd need the DBI module
which is available from CPAN as:  DBI-version_number.tar.gz

You'd also need DBD-Pg:
DBD-Pg is the driver used in accessing Pg from perl routines that 
use a type of syntax similar to ESQL/C.  Not to muddy the waters
but Edmund Mergl has two different modules to access Pg databases
and DBD-Pg is the one designed for DBI that has more familiar
syntax...at least more familiar to me!  ;-)

DBD::Pg is a Package Name::variable so it does not refer to a 
downloadable module.  I expect you want a module that looks like:  
DBD-Pg-0.95.tar.gz or something similar (newer version number perhaps).

Cheers,
Tom

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