Re: DB2.pm for Perl 5.8 needed

This is a nice thought, but the latest release of DBD::DB2 is actually
0.78 (released a long time ago), but ActiveState wasn't interested in
updating their version of the package because DBD::DB2 prereqs the DB2
Runtime Client.

Apparently ActiveState has made it a policy to avoid offering packages
which are not entirely self-contained (because they don't want to be
inundated with support calls complaining about a problem due to a
missing third-party library). So until IBM can figure out how to avoid
the dependency on the DB2 Runtime Client, ActiveState is apparently
going to continue to offer a decrepit version of DBD::DB2.

The last time esoftmatic.com disappeared from the Web was due to some
DNS problems; more than likely this problem will clear up in a day or
two.

Dan

On 3/31/06, John Scoles <scoles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Since you are in windows you might want to just to use Activeperl and ppm to
get the latest version which I think is

' DBD-DB2 [0.76] DBD-DB2'

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bergners, Andrei" <andrei.bergners@xxxxxx>
To: <dbi-users@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: DB2.pm for Perl 5.8 needed


Hi,

I am looking to install the Win32 DB2.pm library for perl 5.8.7 or 5.8..8.
The previously recommended site of <http://ftp.esoftmatic.com/DBI/>
http://ftp.esoftmatic.com/DBI/ no longer seems to contain the necessary
ppds.

Can someone recommend another location?

thanks
andrei



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