On 8/27/07, Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ActiveStates answer for windows is > ;extension=php_ifx.dll > which of course does not load and therefore doesnt work
I wouldn't really expect a PHP extension to work with Perl. You shouldn't either. > Havent seen anything from IBM which is disappointing since Informix is their > product Fair enough - discuss with your IBM sales rep. If I get tasked with it formally, I'll do it - assuming that time is allocated too. If not, it will happen on my (non-urgent) schedule. Amongst other things, I use Cygwin on Windows - and AFAIK, CSDK does not support that (despite my putting in a request for ESQL/C to support GCC out of the box several years ago - not being a customer, I don't have much clout). So, to get things to work on Windows, I have to get a MSVC compiler that will do the job. There may be sufficiently good freebies from MS for my purposes - but it just adds to the complexity of the job. "Cobbler's Children" springs to mind as an epithet - so does "over-worked, under-paid". > >From: "Jonathan Leffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >On 8/27/07, Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone know where the DBD::Informix and DBI::Informix packages are > >located? > > > >DBD::Informix is located on CPAN, as usual. > > > >There is no DBI::Informix package that I know of. > > > >I suspect that your question means that you are running on Windows, > >rather than Unix, and using ActiveState Perl, and are wanting a PPM > >for DBD::Informix on Windows. > > > >Sadly, I have not yet got DBD::Informix running on Windows - partly > >for lack of motivation, partly for lack of time. So, there is no PPM > >available. Various people at various times have reported various > >issues; due to the lack of a test environment, I've not tested it > >recently (meaning in the last 5+ years). Fundamentally, it hasn't > >been enough of an itch for me to be particularly interested in > >scratching it - which may or may not be wholly a good idea, but I'm > >only a volunteeer when it comes to doing DBD::Informix (I'm not > >specifically paid by IBM or anyone else to do it). > > > >I'm hoping to do some testing on Windows between now and the end of > >the year (hoping means that - no promises). If anyone needs it sooner > >than that, they'll have to provide some round tuits. -- Jonathan Leffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2007.0826 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused."
