On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Balaji Venkatesan wrote: > Now i need to install DBD For PGSQL .Is > this the driver i have to work on for pgsql ?. > Or do I have any other option to connect to pgsql > from perl . Indeed i've found out an other way > to use Pg driver provided by PGSQL to interface > perl with pgsql. You need DBD::Pg, which is a DBD driver for postgres.
> > I need to exactly know the difference between > use Pg ; and use DBI ; Need to which one is > proceeding towards correct direction under what circumstances. You need use DBI; and use DBD::Pg; Pg by itself is slightly lower-level module that is similar to C interface to postgresql. > when I tried to install DBD-Pg-0.93.tar.gz under Linux > i get > > Configuring Pg > Remember to actually read the README file ! > please set environment variables POSTGRES_INCLUDE and POSTGRES_LIB ! > > I need to know what these varibles POSTGRES_INCLUDE and POSTGRES_LIB > should point to ... To location of your installed postgres includes' and libraries For example: export POSTGRES_INCLUDE=/usr/local/pgsql/include export POSTGRES_LIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib -alex ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
