It still gets the same error from DOS prompt: c:\>ppm install http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/DBI.ppd Error installing package 'http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/DBI.ppd' : Read of http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/ failed
Ping still works. I suppose it makes no difference what the current directory is? > -----Original Message----- > From: Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:46 AM > To: 'Rob Duncan '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > Subject: RE: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > > ppm install http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/DBI.ppd > > works fine here. If you get a message about it not being the right perl > build, let me know, I might need to modify the ppd file. > > Ilya > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Duncan > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5/22/02 11:29 AM > Subject: RE: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > RE: Win2K DBI Install ProblemSame error. FYI ping www.xmlproj.com works > (@ < > 200 ms) > -----Original Message----- > From: Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:27 AM > To: Sterin, Ilya; ''Rob Duncan ' '; ''[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' ' > Subject: RE: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > > Try it now. > > Ilya > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sterin, Ilya > To: 'Rob Duncan '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > Sent: 5/22/02 10:21 AM > Subject: RE: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > Sorry, didn't realize the server is down:-) Working on it. > > Ilya > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Duncan > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5/22/02 9:33 AM > Subject: RE: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > I attempted your suggestion. Got... > Error installing package 'http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/DBI.ppd : > Read of http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/ failed > > This is on my principle web server which is always attached! > > Further ideas? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:40 AM > > To: 'Rob Duncan '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > > Subject: RE: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > > > > > Probably don't have dbi installed:-) > > > > Go to command prompt and make sure you have an active internet > connection... > > > > Type... > > > > ppm install http://www.xmlproj.com/PPM/DBI.ppd > > > > Will install the latest DBI, then you can try again. > > > > Ilya > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Duncan > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 5/22/02 6:18 AM > > Subject: Win2K DBI Install Problem > > > > I am trying to install Edatanew to operate with my newly > > installed, but functioning MySQL. When I rune the Edatanew > > install cgi, (in my case, raventures_mdm143a.cgi) I get the > > following error.... > > > > Software error: > > [Tue May 21 18:15:23 2002] DBI.pm: [Tue May 21 18:15:23 2002] > DBI.pm: > > [Tue May 21 18:15:23 2002] DBI.pm: Can't locate loadable > > object for module DBI in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib > > C:/Perl/site/lib .) at C:/Perl/lib/DBI.pm line 223 [Tue May 21 > 18:15:23 > > 2002] DBI.pm: [Tue May 21 18:15:23 2002] DBI.pm: BEGIN > > failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/lib/DBI.pm line 223. BEGIN > > failed--compilation aborted at > > C:\Inetpub\cgi-bin\edatanew\raventures_mdm143a.cgi line 66. > > > > In the cgi line 66 there is.... > > > > 66 use DBI; > > > > .....and in my DBI.pm we find.... > > > > 212 $DBI::dbi_debug = $ENV{DBI_TRACE} || $ENV{PERL_DBI_DEBUG} || 0; > > 213 > > 214 # If you get an error here like "Can't find loadable object ..." > > 215 # then you haven't installed the DBI correctly. Read the README > > 216 # then install it again. > > 217 bootstrap DBI; > > 218 > > 219 $EXPORT_TAGS{preparse_flags} = [ grep { /^DBIpp_\w\w_/ } keys > > {__PACKAGE__."::"} ]; > > 220 > > 221 Exporter::export_ok_tags(keys %EXPORT_TAGS); > > 222 > > 223 } > > > > Obviously there is something wrong with the DBI installation. I am > > a newbie in these matters and any detailed help would be > appreciated. > > I can not find the aforementioned README file, but have spent a few > > hours looking at the dbi.perl.org site, FAQ, etc. > > >