MySQL, Apache and Perl are all available for Windows. I do a fair amount of
such stuff on Windows (but don't tell my Linux freinds).
You shouldn't need a C compiler, but I too would like to know of a
free/shareware one; I last used Topspeed under DOS.
- Roger -
----- Original Message -----
From: "Georg Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 5:15 PM
Subject: binaries of DBI, DBD::mysql, CGI
> 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]
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