IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl Version 2003.03.0303 (2003-03-03) has been uploaded to CPAN.
IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl (also known as DBD::Informix) is the driver code that enables Perl 5.005 or later to access Informix databases via the DBI module (but if you are not already using Perl 5.8.0, you should be planning to upgrade to it). You will need the code for DBI version 1.33 or later as well. The code for DBD::Informix is available for download via: http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-category/07_Database_Interfaces http://dbi.perl.org/ ** When you successfully build this module, use the ItWorks (Perl) ** script to report your configuration to the maintenance team (meaning ** Jonathan Leffler) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that ItWorks does not ** send email to anybody; you have to do that yourself. New in release 2003.03.0303: * Pre-requisite version of DBI is now 1.33. There were a number of changes made in the support code for DBI that this version of DBD::Informix relies upon. * Fix various minor problems as noted in the ChangeLog. * Overhaul the infrastructure to align better with DBI specifications. * Revise infrastructure to exploit ExtUtils::AutoInstall. If it causes you problems (because you don't have Internet access, for example), read the notes at the top of Makefile.PL on how to avoid the problems. * Provide support for $dbh->get_info() and $dbh->type_info_all(). * No longer supporting obsolete versions of ESQL/C: 5.0x, 6.0x, 7.0x, 7.1x, 7.2x other than 7.24, 9.0x, and 9.1x prior to 9.16. All of these are at least 5 years out of date. See also FUTURE DIRECTION in ChangeLog. * This release is supported by Jonathan Leffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. * Moving to version numbering scheme with 3-part major, minor, release numbering as recommended in: http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO/index.html Just to be contrarian, the version number will be date-based. New in release 1.04.PC1: * This release is supported by Jonathan Leffler. It isn't clear what IBM's official stance on the product is. However, they do support DBD::DB2 so there is likely to be minimal objection to this work. * This release provides support for INSERT cursors. * This release provides support for UPDATE of blobs (BYTE and TEXT). * This release provides semi-tested support for BEGIN WORK WITHOUT REPLICATION. * This release works with ClientSDK 2.80; the prior versions of DBD::Informix do not because the version string changed radically. * Has better support for non-standard Perl installations. * You can tell DBD::Informix to avoid testing smart blobs if you have IDS 9.x but no smart blob spaces. You can also say which smart blob space to use if you don't want to use 'sbspace'. * Fix up file locations so it works better with CPAN. Scheduled next version: 2003.02.00. * Feature content still dependent on time available. * Expected to contain sqlda version of the code (WIP - Work In Progress WIP - at last). As always, see the ChangeLog file for details about what has changed. Jonathan Leffler ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) @(#)$Id: Announce,v 2003.3 2003/02/28 21:31:22 jleffler Exp $ -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> STSM, Informix Database Engineering, IBM Data Management Phone: +1 650-926-6921 Fax: +1 650-926-6971 Tie-line: 630-6921 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.04.PC1 -- http://dbi.perl.org
