[Kc] Problem with Sybase.pm

[Garrett Goebel]

Otterson,Gary wrote:
>  
> Has anyone out there had any experience with the DBD::Sybase
> module on Win 2000.  I had been running it on an identical
> system for 4 month one of the disks crashed I had the data
> backed up but I lost the Perl install and the modules. I
> thought no big deal but I can't get the DBD-Sybase module
> to install with the PPM or if I install it manually the
> scripts fail. I have tried every combination of version of
> Perl code, DBD module and DBI module and nothing works.
> Before I go into any more detail I was wondering if anyone
> out there has any experience with this or if this is even
> the place to ask a question. I have been searching through
> google for two days and I can't find anything. 

I've never actually used DBD::Sybase on a Win32 OS for the purpose of
talking to a Sybase database. What I have done, is used DBD::Sybase on Linux
with FreeTDS to talk to an MSSQL database... Though DBD::ODBC wound up being
a better fit for working with MSSQL servers.

Knowing your version of perl, DBD::Sybase, ct-lib (open client libraries),
and Sybase or MSSQL Server might be useful... And the actual test failures
and errors encountered...

There are lots of things that can go wrong. There are environment variables
like SYBASE, SYBASE_OCS and TDSVER that need to be set appropriately... The
PWD file in the source directory must be modified to contain a valid user,
password, and server or the test scripts _will_ fail. A manual build after a
very careful reading of all available documentation may be your best bet.

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