Hmmm... That is what I get for being several hours behind. See if this helps:
http://members.toast.net/strycher/perl/example_dbi_sql.htm You may still have some firewall issues to look at. Dave On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 09:15 -0500, David R. Wilson wrote: > Hello Paul, > > You didn't mention which database flavor. One that might help is: > http://dbi.perl.org/ > > Have you tried "perl database" on Google? > > One book that I found helpful was "Programming the Perl DBI" by Tim > Bunce. > > http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998 > > If your using MySQL or PostGreSQL you will probably have to look at > enabling the network interface and passing data through the firewall. > > Is the database on a Windows or Linux box? > > Dave > > > > On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 21:54 -0500, 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 nlug-talk > > [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
