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Is this Module writen to be placed of the windows machine (which i dont have access to) or a Sun Sparc machine (the only thing I can use due to limitations set by my boss)

really I dont have a choice in the MSSQL 7 or not.. I work for "Engineering College Computing" a branch of the Engineering College located on the University of Toledo.. My task has been assigned to connect to the main college SIS (student information system) so that the college can ezily get the enrolled students and all their stats.

(kinda funny that none of the profs or "experts" know how this is done or dont want to spend time at it but they trust a high ranking student lab tech to get the job done... hum... Do you see grade changes in the future?)
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Sybperl is an interesting alternative
by Moonie (Friar) on Jul 30, 2001 at 00:01 UTC
    Unfortunately, I don't think this module is the right one for you without making changes to it. BUT there is an interesting website that may or may not help you. Check this out Unix and MSSQL. There are several alternatives out there.. but you may be interested in Sybperl. From the site: Sybperl is the collective name for three different modules: DBD::Sybase, Sybase::CTlib and Sybase::DBlib. DBD::Sybase is a DBI driver using CT-Library, while the other two offers direct interfaces to the client library. As MSSQL::DBlib evolved from Sybase::DBlib, it would not be too much of a task to retarget MSSQL::Sqllib to use this library instead. In that case, you could use MSSQL::Sqllib.. but you'd need to modifiy it to fit your needs. You may want to use DBD::ODBC instead. Anyways, I hope this helps a bit. Wouldn't it be awesome if MS could interface a bit with Unix. (I guess.. when pigs fly.. who knows..)

    Update: The documentation for DBD::FreeTDS is here