On 3/9/10 11:54 AM, drugh10 wrote:
> ...so to be clear then: on the client computer, I need to install Postgres 
> first, then the Perl modules? I use cpan to install DBI, then ran into the 
> issues with DBD::Pg. And Postgres needs to be the same version as IMDC so 
> that it works? All this installation on the client side just to pickup a few 
> include files? Seems like there should be an easier way

If you want to use Perl, this is what I found you had to do. Perhaps
someone cleverer than I can suggest shortcuts.

> -- what tools does Dartware usually use to query the database?

We use a variety of tools--python scripts, perl scripts, pgAdmin3,
Crystal Reports, OpenRPT. It depends on the reason for querying. Crystal
Reports won't help on Mac OS X, of course, and OpenRPT is challenging to
make useful, to say the least, or at least I found it to be so.

pgAdmin3 is probably be the most straightforward way to get the query
working. Once you have it working in that, you can consider moving the
query to other environments. It's a good way to work out the kinks in
the connection as well as the query before trying to set it up in more
difficult environments.

You mentioned you had tried it; what sorts of trouble did you have?

-- Christopher

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Dartware, LLC
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