Marty Metras wrote:
> Josh,
>
> I haven't used Perl much. I will have to look into
> Perl DBI it might be the way to go.
> We just went to Oracle8i so Java JDBC should work
> but I have not been unable to make it connect to
> MySql.
For JDBC, use our java driver, available here:
http://www.mysql.com/products/connector/j/
> Now Perl is another story. the Redhat server had
> Perl 5.x
> And I control the UNIX server. Perl in not
> installed yet!
> Do you know a link for Perl on a HP-UX 11.0?
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/index.html#hpux
Also, you will need to build your DBD::mysql for connectivity, so be prepared to have a compiler installed on your system, to compile DBD::mysql against your installed mysql 3.23 client libraries. When you build the DBD::mysql, just make sure that the mysql programs are in your $PATH.
Also for more on DBI:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldbi/
Regards,
Josh
Josh Chamas
Director, Professional Services
MySQL Inc., www.mysql.com
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