On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 08:22:00AM -0700, Dave Clendenan wrote: > I have a question about DBD::ADO, hope you don't mind...
My apology for lacking a timely response. > I'm trying to connect CGI scripts on a linux box to access on a > windows box, and I'm having a wee bit of trouble. The DBD::ADO won't > load (complains that it's missing Win32::OLE), but Win32::OLE loooks > to be Windows-Only, from what I can see. Am I using the wrong tools > here? If yes, could I trouble you to point me at better ones? DBD::ADO is only (currently) a Windows module. To access a Windows type database from Linux you need to either setup a proxy server, a socket server, or an ODBC connect manager between the machines. Each of these is outlined in a number of places including my web site (a little dated): http://tlowery.hypermart.net Spend a little time on google to find the archives. If I can help more, let me know. Tom _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
