H:\>ppm
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ppm> search DBD-ADO
Searching in Active Repositories
   1. DBD-ADO      [2.94] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   2. DBD-ADO       [2.7] ADO TypeInfo
   3. DBD-ADO      [2.72] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   4. DBD-ADO      [2.73] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   5. DBD-ADO      [2.81] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   6. DBD-ADO      [2.82] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   7. DBD-ADO      [2.89] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   8. DBD-ADO      [2.90] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
   9. DBD-ADO      [2.91] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
  10. DBD-ADO      [2.92] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
  11. DBD-ADO      [2.93] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
  12. DBD-ADO      [2.94] A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
ppm> describe
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Package 1:
    Name: DBD-ADO
 Version: 2.94
  Author: Steffen Goeldner (sgoeldner@cpan.org)
   Title: DBD-ADO
Abstract: A DBI driver for Microsoft ADO (Active Data Objects)
Location: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Available Platforms:
       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
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