> > > > 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 DBD::JDBC is currently woefully out of date with regard to 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?
How about putting it up on subversion so that multiple people can look at it and, possibly make improvements without being overly reliant upon a single POC? Jeff
