I'm trying to figure out a relatively easy to set up, low-cost/free way for Perl programs on Linux to access a SQL Server database.
Running Perl programs on Windows, everything uses ODBC since is freely available and easy to set up in the OS. Easysoft had popped up a the top of my search ... They hide the price well. At the current exchange rate it's around $1,300. Let's just say that's definitely the wrong neighborhood. (From comments I read elsewhere, it sounds like there's a server and client piece which wouldn't work either since I don't manage the server.) FreeTDS sounds good, but even the FAQ says it is difficult to set up and there isn't a package (at least not in my distro's repositories). I've got DBVisualizer-6.5.12 which uses the jTDS driver (jdbc) to access the DB and is running fine on Linux. I've looked into using it a bit, but to use it with Perl it sounded rather complicated to set up as well. Any suggestions on what direction I should focus my time? Paul Boniol -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
