Use the ActiveState modules. They have a nifty Perl Package Manager (PPM) that allows
very simple installation. I have been using DBI into Oracle (on Unix machines) and MS
SQL for over 2 years now and all have worked fairly flawlessly.
-Chris
At 09:15 AM 6/15/2001, Georg Lange wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>maybe this is a bit off-topic, sorry!
>
>I would like to create something like a "database-driven-website" based on
>MySQL, Apache and.... Well I did something based on PHP as link between
>HTML and the Database. Now I want to use Perl as language that does the
>cgi-stuff. I know, I ought to use the modules DBI, DBD::mysql and CGI,
>but my test-server runs on my desktop-pc with windows on it. As the
>modules come as sourcecode, i would have to compile them to use them. My
>questions are:
>Is there anybody who has already tried this?
>(is it worth trying?)
>Is there maybe somewhere a binary of one [all] of the modules?
>(for win98se)
>Is there a (free) c-compiler for windows that can be recommended?
>(Iīve tried to download cygwin, but itīs not available at the moment)
>If there is no way to install these modules on my windows (ActivePerl),
>is there a possibilty to write (simple ;-)) cgi-scripts without? Maybe
>examples?
>
>TIA
>--
>Best regards,
> Georg Lange mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
