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

[Oscar B. <os...@el...>]

Nicolas,

Your issues remind me of those that I had installing SQL-ledger.
You may want to consider looking for my name (oscar buijten) in the history
of posts.
I have published all problems and solutions I found.

Good luck!

PS: be carefull with your nuts...

----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Nicolas Lafferty" <nla...@pe...>
À : <sql...@li...>
Envoyé : mercredi 1 août 2001 20:58
Objet : Re: DBD::Pg...what I need?


> Well. I have DBI installed. And Pg. Still no dice. See my just posted
> Subject "Pg not the problem" on the list. Hrmph. This is driving me nuts.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Good" <to...@ad...>
> To: <sql...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: DBD::Pg...what I need?
>
>
> > 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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