AH!!! I'm a dork! Disregard my comment. On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:19 PM, "John F. Eldredge" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Notice, however, that he wants to connect to SQL Server, not MySQL. There > are likely to be some differences. > > -------Original Email------- > Subject :Re: [nlug] Perl and SQL Server > From :mailto:[email protected] > Date :Wed Jul 28 22:14:25 America/Chicago 2010 > > > 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 > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to > think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > -- > 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
