Hi Frank, Again you put a lot of effort in this This is very much appreciated at this end. I will look into this and try to comprehend THANKS Enjoy Johan **************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Bax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] DbaseIV database to use in Mandrake 9.1
> At 12:42 PM 7/18/03, Johan Scheepers wrote: > >This is one comprehensive response - of course all of it way over my head - > >will need some close study. > >Sorry - would you maybe know any Howto's or sites or whatever to assist me, > >please. > > > Johan: It's been about a year since I wrote/modified the script I posted, > and it was on a *bsd system, so installation of DBI & DBD packages on MDK > will be different. In any case, I found these rpm's on the MDK 9.1 cd's: > cd1 - perl-DBI-1.32-1mdk.i586.rpm > cd1 - perl-Mysql-1.22_19-6mdk.i586.rpm > cd3 - perl-DBD-Pg-1.21-2mdk.i586.rpm > > Don't install both mysql and pg rpm's. Pick the one matching your existing > database. > > Although the perl-mysql rpm does have DBD in its name, the version number > matches the (Oct2001) file at cpan.org (the next update was last month): > http://search.cpan.org/author/JWIED/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2219/ > > Now for the dBase part (called xBase to cover other compatible file > formats). Here's some doc... > http://search.cpan.org/author/JANPAZ/DBD-XBase-0.234/lib/DBD/XBase.pm > Download: > http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/J/JA/JANPAZ/DBD-XBase-0.234.tar.gz > After download: > tar xfz DBD-XBase-0.234.tar.gz > cd DBD-XBase-0.234 > perl Makefile.PL > make > make test > make install > All these commands except "make install" can be run as a 'normal' user, you > must be 'root' for the last step. At this point, you should be able to run > the script I posted. > > As for howto webpages, I don't have any. A google of "perl dbd xbase" did > come up with an rpm for the dbd:xbase package on first hit. A little > further down, there is even one from MDK: > http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/rpms/mandrake-devel/contrib/alpha/perl-DBD-XBase-0.232-1mdk.noarch.html > > Maybe it's a simple as install of 3 rpms? > > Frank > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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