Hi Tim, I very new to Perl and have been put in a situation where I am supposed to figure out why a Perl code is not working. I have already written to dbi-users@perl.org and am still awaiting a response. I just thought I would right to you too with a hope that you might be able to help me.
Issue is with the DBI module for Perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread on Windows 2003. I am getting a syntax error: Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC. I checked the directories in @INC array and both the directories (C:\Perl\lib and C:\Perl\Site\lib) seem to miss DBI.pm. I also did the search in parent directory c:\Perl but could not find DBI.pm anywhere. Could be that DBI.pm module never got installed or got deleted by some other user accidentally. Can you please suggest how can I fix this problem? Do I need to install DBI module again and if that is the case which version would it be and where can I install it from? Or better would be installing absolute new version of Perl? *Also, following is what I tried in command line to install but didn't work: * PPM> install dbi Install package 'dbi?' (y/N): y Installing package 'dbi'... Downloading http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/ DBI-1.48.tar.gz ... Error installing package 'dbi': Error reading http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPack ages/5.6/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI-1.48.tar.gz PPM> *Version of Perl:* Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790] (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\mgupta>perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall Binary build 638 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com<http://www.activestate.com/> ActiveState is a division of Sophos. Built Apr 13 2004 19:24:21 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. Thanks much in advance for being so kind to help. I will appreciate a response back. Kind Regards, Mayank Gupta. 703-677-6984. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mayank Gupta <mayank.a...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:15 PM Subject: Question regarding DBI.pm for Perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86 on Windows 2003. To: dbi-users@perl.org Hello, I have a question regarding DBI.pm and hoping you will be able to help me with an answer. I am working with a perl script and when I tried executing the script, I got a syntax error: Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC. I checked the directories in @INC array and both the directories (C:\Perl\lib and C:\Perl\Site\lib) seem to miss DBI.pm. I also did the search in parent directory c:\Perl but could not find DBI.pm anywhere. Could be that DBI.pm module never got installed or got deleted by some other user accidentally. Can you please suggest how can I fix this problem? Do I need to install DBI module again and if that is the case which version would it be and where can I install it from? I am using Perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread on Windows 2003. Thanks much in advance for being so kind to help. -- Kind Regards, Mayank Gupta mayank.a...@gmail.com (703) 677-6984 -- Kind Regards, Mayank Gupta mayank.a...@gmail.com (703) 677-6984
