DBD::ADO installs when you install DBI. An update (more current)
version is available at
http://tlowery.hypermart.net/software_down_loads.html
Right click the link (save as) ADO.pm. Replace the current version of
ADO.pm (DBD\ADO.pm) with this new version.
DBD::ADO does not work with a VB application unless you've embedded
perl.
If you're going from VB to MySQL either using ADO or ODBC, this is not
the forum. If you're using perl with either DBD::ADO or DBD::ODBC,
then continue the thread.
Tom
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:13:48AM -0500, Sterin, Ilya wrote:
> ADO is for Perl you wouldn't be able to use in VB environment, I got that
> idea from the way you asked you question. If you want to use Visual Basic
> ADO you need to enable in VB environment. But anyways this is not the right
> forum to talk about this.
> If you are using Perl, then you need to first install MyODBC, not sure where
> you get it, but search on the web and you will find. This driver is the
> ODBC driver for MySQL. The you can set up DSN and then...
> If you are using ActiveState Perl, then ADO is already installed. I would
> recommend using DBD::ODBC instead, since it gives you generic calls/methods
> unlike ADO where Microsoft tries to encapsulate the calls in their own way.
> But that is my personal preference.
> Use ppm to install modules.
> In command prompt say...
> >ppm install DBI
> then
> >ppm install DBD-ODBC
> See ppm docs for more info. The above assumes you have internet connection
> with no firewall.
> You can configure you proxy environment in autoexec.bat, see ppm docs.
>
> Ilya Sterin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harrison, JP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:20 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Installing the ADO::DBD Perl module
>
>
> I'm a beginning user of MySQL, and I have it running on
> both a RedHat Linux box, and a Windows NT box. I'd like to
> use the ADO spec (using Visual Basic) to access the MySQL
> database. This is of course on the NT box. I can access the
> database just fine, and the admin tools work perfectly.
>
> I have Perl 5.6 on NT, and I have downloaded the DBI
> Perl module, but I can't seem to see how to use that
> code to make a driver that can be seen from my Visual
> Basic environment.
>
> Sorry to be so dumb about all of this - but there doesn't
> seem to be any instructions on how to install the MySQL
> driver. Could someone direct me to a "how-to" document
> on a step-by-step installation, both for the ADO and the
> ODBC.
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Thomas A. Lowery [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://tlowery.hypermart.net
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