Hi It is not difficult!
Use freetds and DBD::Sybase. At work, I access Oracle, MySQL, Postgres and MS-SQL databases from a reporting server (Solaris) using perl DBI. It all works as it should! All the best Simon -----Original Message----- From: Robert Denton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 April 2007 23:10 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Is PERL --> MS SQL really that difficult? "Why can't we all just get along?" --unknown (by me) I understood from the start that I would be raging against the machine but I was hoping there would be fellow ragers to help me along. I am _so_ close. I can feel it. But I really need some help to get it the rest of the way. Robert On Apr 25, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > On 4/25/07, Robert Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it just > me, or is using perl on a linux server to extract > information from an MS SQL server insanely difficult? > > Of course it is - don't you think MS struggles to make sure it is > as difficult as possible, to ensure you use their system and not > Linux? > > -- > Jonathan Leffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #include <disclaimer.h> > Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2007.0226 - http://dbi.perl.org > "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never > cease to be amused." No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 24/04/2007 17:43 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 24/04/2007 17:43
