You need to install the PostgreSQL client libraries on the box running DBD::Pg.
The client libraries need to be installed before installing DBD::Pg.
See the bottom of this page for client installation directions.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/install-procedure.html
-Alec
On Thu,
Thanks very much for ur response, i have one more
question though. Isn't there some kind of arrangement
like MS ODBC where u just download the driver for the
specific database and then create a DSN (data source
name) and write ur scripts (perl script or anything
else) to execute queries on the
You need all the layers compiled on windows or *nix to make it work:
DBI
DBD::Pg
PostgreSQL client library.
If you are installing on Windows be sure to read the windows readme when
installing the PostgreSQL client. It is a bit tricky.
-Alec
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:48:36 -0800 (PST), Gokul P.
Typically for every client machine, you would do as Alec
suggested - first install the client libraries for the specific
database being used, and then install the DBD:: for that
specific database.
There is an alternative, and that is to use DBI::ProxyServer
and DBD::Proxy. It's been several
