I want to generate a connection to Informix Database with Perl through DBI. Can anybody tell me, which steps I need to follow to install PERL and DBI?
As others have already established that you're using Win2K, you have a couple of options.
The easier is to use DBD::ODBC; that should be available from Activestate via PPM; you will still need either IBM Informix ClientSDK (CSDK) or IBM Informix Connect on your machine. I-Connect is sufficient unless you are planning to write your own programs. You then have to learn how to configure ODBC and DBD::ODBC to connect to the Informix database - I don't have any information on that process.
The harder option is to build DBD::Informix. For that, you need a C compiler (MSVC), and you need CSDK. Further, you may find it easier to build your own Perl than to add onto a pre-built Perl. It can be done; it is not trivial. You may be able to add the module to an ActiveState build -- but I can't promise it is trivial.
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