Mark:
Thanks! I got DBD-pg version 2.17.2 for ActivePerl from wxPerl !
Jan:
It would be nice if ActiveState could please note here
http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DBD-Pg/ that the module is actually
available from wxPerl, since they are misreporting that 'there aren't
any builds for it in the package repositories" when there are, albeit
from another suggested repository you folks are aware of.
DBD-pg Module Maintainers:
Can some one of your module maintainers please add some brief text to
the module's perlpod on CPAN to inform ActiveState users that they can
get this module from the wxPerl PPM repository? Thanks again all!
Here's my suggested text to add to your perlpod as a starting point
(please freely make improvements, no attribution required):
=head1 For ActiveState ActivePerl Users
You can find a version of DBD-pg by opening the GUI Perl Package Manager
(PPM) from Window's Start, Programs, ActivePerl Menu, Perl Package
Manager. From the PPM Preferences (use <CTRL-P> or click top right
button shaped like a gear), click on the "Repositories" tab, and from
the "Suggested" dropdown list choose the wxPerl repository, then click
the Add button. When it finishes adding the wxPerl repository, you can
then find a version of the DBD-pg in the "View all packages" and by
typing "DBD-pg" into the search filter (the magnifying glass prompt),
flag the module as "Mark for install," lastly click "Run marked actions."
On 4/19/2011 10:33 PM, Mark Dootson wrote:
Hi,
I assume this is ActivePerl on Windows?
If you open the Package Manager and add the repository
wxPerl (it is in the drop - down list )
you will find DBD::Pg 2.17.2 available.
I shall build 2.18 in the next couple of weeks and post here when
available.
Regards
Mark
On 15/04/2011 20:48, Lawrence Hixson wrote:
Hello!
I sit on The Perl Foundation's Steering Committee as the Donor Relations
Chair and I may have meet some of you at previous YAPC's.
First, I want to personally THANK YOU ALL for supporting Perl and the
Perl Community with your programming skills! Secondly, I thank you for
supporting PostgreSQL, which I'm anxious to use with my version of Perl!
I've just recently started trying to work with PostgreSQL and want the
full capabilities (or the most I can get) of the database using Perl,
but I'm forced to use ActiveState by my employer for various security
and IT policy reasons.
I'm running ActivePerl 5.12.2 and cannot find your driver using their
PPM module installer.
More research yields this: http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DBD-Pg/ and
clicking on red ! buttons shows why. I notice that this driver is not
available for ANY recent ActiveState version and I think it should be.
I found this same situation was true for DBD-mysql, but I intervened and
connected the module author and ActiveState and at least now the
ActiveState DBD-mysql driver has some working versions that can be
installed and work fine!
Please see http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DBD-mysql/
Not just for myself, but for the greater ActiveState Perl community, may
I please ask for your assistance in working with ActiveState to school
them on how to get your module to compile for their module repositories
so more of us can use PostgreSQL more fully?
These are two GREAT people at ActiveState who can either help you or
direct you to those who can help to get your module working with
ActivePerl !
Jan Dubois at j...@activestate.com
Jeff Hobbs at je...@activestate.com
If I can be of any other assistance to you, please email me! I plan to
attend YAPC::NA 2011 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. I hope some of
you will be attending!
Sincerely,
Lawrence K. Hixson
Principal Systems Engineer/DBA
U.S. National Weather Service
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
301-713-0022 x190
