After 3 years and 1 month bar 1 day, a new version of DBD::Informix hits the streets - well, CPAN, anyway. The primary change - support for Perl 5.14.0.
IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl DBI Version 2011.0612 (2011-06-12) has been uploaded to CPAN. IBM Informix Database Driver for Perl (also known as DBD::Informix) is the driver code that enables Perl 5.6.1 or later to access Informix databases via the DBI module (but if you are not already using Perl 5.10.0 - or any later version - you should be planning to upgrade to Perl 5.14.0 or later). You will need the code for DBI version 1.38 or later as well (v1.616 - or any later version - is recommended). The code for DBD::Informix is available for download via: http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-category/07_Database_Interfaces http://dbi.perl.org/ ** When you successfully build this module, use the ItWorks (Perl) ** script to report your configuration to the maintenance team (meaning ** Jonathan Leffler) at dbd.infor...@gmail.com. ** The ItWorks script does not send email to anybody; you have to do ** that yourself. New in release :PRODVER:: * Minor bug fix release. * Main change is related to Perl internals and avoids the need for PERL_POLLUTE. This change is not visible to users except that Perl 5.14.x can use the fixed code. * Fixed problem with string that is not null terminated by ESQL/C library. * Clean up some 64-bit compilation warnings. * Build on AIX. * Evade problem with a DISTINCT type of LVARCHAR with NOT NULL (probably ESQL/C bug). * Fewer versions of Informix products are supported. You may try building DBD::Informix with other versions. If it works, great; if not, please upgrade to a supported Informix version. New in release 2008.0513: * Fix $sth->{TYPE}: return 9 (SQL_DATE) not -1 (SQL_LVARCHAR), fixing an 11-year old bug. * Add support for BIGINT in ESQL/C 3.50, including $h->{ix_bigserial}. * CPAN Testers reporting issues because Makefile.PL not exiting successfully when pre-requisites not met. * ESQL/C 3.50 (for IDS 11.50) typedefs ifx_loc_t - update dumpesql.h to cope (Joe R Plugge <jrplu...@west.com>). * ESQL/C test fails during configuration when $Config{ccflags} has leading spaces. Records show this problem also affected Dr Guenther Seifert <guenther-h.seif...@t-systems.com> in June 2007. Apologies for not getting it fixed sooner. Support email address: * This release is supported by Jonathan Leffler <dbd.infor...@gmail.com>. * You may also report your bugs via the CPAN resolution tracking system: http://rt.cpan.org/ * Such bug reports can be sent by email to bug-dbd-infor...@rt.cpan.org; they also get sent to dbd.infor...@gmail.com, etc. As always, see the ChangeLog file for details about what has changed. Jonathan Leffler (jleff...@us.ibm.com, jleff...@earthlink.net) @(#)$Id: Announce,v 2011.1 2011/06/12 22:14:47 jleffler Exp $ -- Jonathan Leffler <jonathan.leff...@gmail.com> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0513 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused."