drewhead wrote: > > > > Well, if you have DBD-ODBC working I would expect the same ini > settings could be > > used to get it working under a driver manager. Just what made you > think it wouldn't > > work ? > > > > -- > > Nick Gorham > > Easysoft Ltd > > You mean initially the way I set it up incorrectly? I didn't know > enough about what I was doing to make the distinction between a > manager and a driver. You and others in the thread have given me > that education, thanks. > > Moving forward I do not have DBD-ODBC working correctly with a > manager... yet. Given that I have DBD-ODBC using a driver in use, > how do I compile/intsall/test DBD-ODBC with a manager plugging in my > driver which no one yet has confirmed will work without showing my > users any noticiable downtime. I'm not a particularly fast > typer. :) I guess it's fair to say I have a healty fear of putting > unknowns into production. This also really gets beyond the scope of > the list (sorry folks). I think I'll just build another perl install > for testing. > > -- > Drew
Sure, if its working don't break it, but if you do need other connections it will probably work out simpler to use a driver manager in the long run. -- Nick Gorham Easysoft Ltd