Strange -- just tried the exact same commands here and they worked as expected. Maybe there was a temporary FTP server glitch.
Are you able to see the ftp.esoftmatic.com site? Dan On 11/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > I just installed perl 5.8.7 from active state. (I need to write perl > scripts that run against DB2 databases on Windows platform). > > > > I then tried to run: ppm install > ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.4/DBI.ppd but I get the > following back: > > > > C:\Perl\bin>ppm install > ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.4/DBI.ppd > > Error: No valid repositories: > > Error: 500 Server closed connection without sending any data back > > Error: 500 Server closed connection without sending any data back > > > > I was going to run that and then run: ppm install > ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.4/DBD-DB2.ppd > <ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI/5.8.4/DBD-DB2.ppd> > > but don't understand what the error means? Can someone please help? > > Thanks, > > Bob > > > > > > >
