On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 05:28:33PM -0700, Gennis Emerson wrote: > Tim Bunce wrote: > > >>Another solution to the age old how do I get MSSqlSrv version X access > >>from a linux/UNIX perl with DBI. With the added benefit that there is no > >>need to install DBI::Proxy on the windows box or be restricted to read > >>only with the FreeTDS/iODBC way. > > >Can anyone fill-in more details? [I've CC'd the author.] > > That's pretty much what it does. The Perl side marshals method calls > using Convert::BER and the server unmarshals them, turns them into JDBC > method calls, then marshals the response and sends it back to the Perl > side. As long as your JDBC driver lets you talk to the database over a > socket, you can run the DBD::JDBC server anywhere with network > connectivity to the database server. > > It looks like there are one or more pure Java JDBC drivers for SQL > Server, so you could probably use one of them on Linux/Unix. > > DBD::JDBC is currently woefully out of date with regard to the DBI and > JDBC specs. It was a work project, not a personal one, and updating it > unfortunately hasn't made it to the top of the list at work for quite a > while.
Would you be happy for someone else to be a comaintainer? If so, is anyone interested in volunteering? Tim.
