Re^2: what are my options with perl, sybase dblib?

thanks, so you are saying i can actually get sybase dblib to work on rh ? if so i would like to explore that. my server should have sybase client installed. i dont want to break my head on DBD, its too much trouble, too many dependencies. i tried it for sql server, finally wrote a java api and started calling that from perl, was much easier than getting dbd and dbi to work. i am trying my luck before i take the same route for sybase as well.

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Re^3: what are my options with perl, sybase dblib? by FreeBeerReekingMonk (Deacon) on Jun 02, 2015 at 08:27 UTC
Although perl is the obvious best option. If you are venturing into java (note the lowercase j). I did some successful coding in Jython. You see, you can grab the jython jar, rename it to zip, and inject/copy all the (either Oracle or DB2) jdbc files into the zip, then rename it back. What you then have is a slightly overweight jython jar, which, without any fuzz, can connect to a database, and runs on Linux/AIX/Windows/Breadtoaster if you have the right java installed. It might work with Sybase too. Now if you excuse me, I need to do penance for suggesting something else than perl....	[reply]
Re^4: what are my options with perl, sybase dblib? by taiq_m (Acolyte) on Mar 14, 2017 at 02:48 UTC
it was just some mis-informed information i picked up from somewhere that 'sybase dblib does not work with linux'. It does pretty well, dint venture into java. that said when i say its difficult to get things to work is because we dont have root access and its pretty difficult to get things to work with limited modules and no proper c compilers.	[reply]
Re^3: what are my options with perl, sybase dblib? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 02, 2015 at 01:24 UTC
...was much easier than getting dbd and dbi to work... Hi taiq_m, Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. :)	[reply]