Hi all,
These are my findings on Sybase database support in ActivePerl:
1. You can compile the drivers yourself via codes supplied with the
database installation.
2. http://www.peppler.org has two libraries for interfacing with the
database
3. Access can be via ODBC
I have tried and failed on (1). I get this error when running nmake:
C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl.h(380) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include
file: 'sys/types.h': No such file or directory
DBD::Sybase from (2) is a good idea, but requires installation of Open
Client. But I cannot afford to package that into my installation. ODBC
sounds like the best idea, but I am quite new to Sybase, and it seems
that unless the user is also the owner of the table, access is not
possible even after granting rights to it.
Performance aside, perhaps ODBC is the best way, though I have not
figured the solution to the above-mentioned problem. But I think I may
have to try (1) again for a native driver.
If anyone can help me with any of the two problems (how to make DBA the
table owner and still let a db user access the table, and how to compile
the supplied perl driver)
Thanks in advance.
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