It is possible, and there is a good discussion about it at Connecting to MS SQL Server from Perl-Linux. My advice is if you're going to go completely away from MS then put your efforts towards converting the database now instead of later...it has been my experience that none of these methods work as well (or as simply) as advertised.
/\/\averick
perl -l -e "eval pack('h*','072796e6470272f2c5f2c5166756279636b672');"
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DBD::Sybase works well. Check it out here
and a quick how-to here:
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As mav said, conversion now will eliminate some of the headaches later. I have used Sybase and MS SQL Server for some time and have found that they are very similar ... they were the same program until the late 80's, so it figures. If you cannot convert, i suggest the DBD::Sybase solution ... but even better would be trying to convert to sybase (free linux version (if i recall), and sp's like MSSQL).
always more than one way to skin an amoebae
-- MZSanford
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