Everett Hickey writes:
> I've torn through website after website, faq after faq, and the man page for DBI...
>searched CPAN, search engines, and interrogated a number of books, people, and
>inanimate objects. So far only inanimate objects have been hurt in the process... so
>far...
>
> So maybe someone here can either put me on the right track, or let me know I'm a
>moron for even trying this.
>
> First... does anyone know how to get a unix system (linux in particular, running
>perl 5.004) to connect to a microsoft SQL database running on the same network?
>
> Second... HOW?
>
> If anyone can tell me how to accomplish this, I'll name my next computer's hostname
>after you.
>
There are several options. I understand that there is an ODBC driver
for MS-SQL available somewhere, in which case you can use DBD::ODBC. I
have not used this.
Alternatively, get the FreeTDS libraries (www.freetds.org) and use
DBD::Sybase. This is known to work (with some limitations).
Michael
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