Desktop database options

2001-12-10 Thread Marcus
I'm looking for a database to use with a desktop application. Any suggestions other than Mysql? The problem with Mysql is size and that users would have to download and install it. There must be a Perlish answer to this, apart from comma-delimited which is too simple for this application because

sorting sub

2001-12-10 Thread James S. Martin
Hello, I'm having problems with this subroutine I'm working. What it is supposed to do is find the newest file (the date stamp from the file, collected in a different sub) from a list of files with the same name. My logic is to go through the listing of files, and for each item in the array,

I am getting a perl_my_atof error within a PerlSvc

2001-12-10 Thread Hill, David K
Has anyone else seen this kind of error? I might be doing something stupid. I am looking for memory scooping suggestions for designing PerlSvc / PerlApp type of compilations. This is an output that is generated by a Service Manager on one of our servers. CategoryEvent UserMachineNa

Visual Perl

2001-12-10 Thread Martin Moss
Hello, So Visual Perl. What's that all about then? Is it simply a GUI interface into Perl/TK? Or is it something more? I'm trying to weigh up the pros and cons of investing in the activestate Perl Dev Kit and purchasing a License so I can use all features of the PerlApp and PerlMSI, or would I

RE: Getting Perl to fill in requested data for a dos program

2001-12-10 Thread Edwards, Mark (CXO)
I'm not sure you can do it from Perl after the DOS exe starts. You can do it when you first start the program with piping or redirection if the program uses STDIN. If there is only one line of input required use system("echo John Doe | prog.exe"). If, for example, you need to enter name, ag

Re: Perl-ldap and Active Directory

2001-12-10 Thread Dr. Douglas Gray Stephens
Pramod, At 15:56 on 9-December-2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Message: 7 > From: "Naik, Pramod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Perl-ldap and Active Directory > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:59:31 -0800 > > Hi, > > I need some hel