Are these programs that you're going to write? You shouldn't need to pay for software to do this libdbd should work fine. There's all kinds of examples on the web of perl code that talks to mysql with freely available drivers. Perhaps if you explain a little more what these programs do...
http://sql-info.de/mysql/examples/Perl-DBI-examples.html -K On Jul 28, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Paul Boniol wrote: > 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 -- 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
