Robert Denton wrote:
Is it just me, or is using perl on a linux server to extract information from an MS SQL server insanely difficult? Has no one else struggled with this? Here is my set up:
It's just you and probably someone else.
FC4 -> PERL w/DBI -> DBD::ODBC -> unixODBC -> FreeTDS
I can suggest you a shorter path: DBI + DBD::Sybase + FreeTDS. Some limitations apply, mainly lack of placeholders support (but I didn't check recent freetds status). YMMV of course. Please take a look at the archives. There has been plenty of discussions in the past about this. - Small thread about how to setup the thing: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.dbi.users/2006/02/msg28566.html - FreeTDS FAQ: http://www.freetds.org/faq.html#Which.Perl.library.should.I.use - Look at example 6.2: http://www.freetds.org/userguide/perl.htm Simple web searches for "perl DBI FreeTDS DBD::Sybase" are also going to help a lot. -- Cosimo
