Re: Driver Frustration// Perl DBI

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Cheryl Thompson <cthompso(at)ci(dot)irving(dot)tx(dot)us>, "'pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Driver Frustration// Perl DBI
Date: 2003-01-17 22:47:10
Message-ID: 200301171447.10736.josh@agliodbs.com
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Cheryl,

> I'm working with Postgresql to implement a DB on the Web.
> After discovering that Dreamweaver UD 4 does not support Posgres, even
> thought I'm running Postgresql through an ODBC, I went on to Perl.
>
> The latest Perl DBI interface I can find on CPAN is dated 1998 and is for
> PostGre95.
>
> Is there an up to date Perl DBI for Postgresql? When can I find it? (it's
> NOT in CPAN!).

The reccommended module for Postgres is DBD::Pg, although the outdated DBI
module will work for simple queries (as I have used it extensively for simple
data transfers).

I'm not sure what the status of the DBD::Pg driver is; here's the project:
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/dbdpg/projdisplay.php

--
-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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