Re: [cobalt-users] DBI/DBD Perl Modules and mySQL

[Brian Curtis <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Craig,

Thursday, January 25, 2001, 9:51:07 AM, you wrote:

CN> Greets,

CN> How can I tell if the DBI/DBD modules for Perl are installed on a system? 
CN> When trying to access a mySQL DB through Perl using these modules, I keep 
CN> getting an error... I'm not sure what they are, or where to get them for 
CN> installation..

PerlDiver is a great (free) utility to see all the Perl modules
installed on your box.

http://www.scriptsolutions.com/programs/free/perldiver/

CPAN is where you would locate a Perl module to download/install.  You
can visit the CPAN @ http://cpan.perl.org.  There's different ways to
install Perl modules, the CPAN shell, or you can download a module in
tarball format and "Make" it.  Instructions for using the CPAN shell
should be located in the archives several times, and on the CPAN
site.  If you download a tarball of a module, building instructions
are included.

The MySQL site also provides specific DBI downloads for use with Perl:

http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-dbi.html

(you're probably interested in at least the first two modules)

-- 
Best regards,
 Brian Curtis