batkins has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

is there any way to use dbd::mysql on a win32 machine to connect to a remote mysql server without installing mysql on the client? if not, can i use ODBC in some way to do this?

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Re: win32 mysql
by theorbtwo (Prior) on Jan 03, 2003 at 02:20 UTC

    You didn't look all that hard. Try DBD::mysql. Note the WIN32 Installation section. If you can't install PPMs, try DBD::mysqlpp, the Pure Perl MySQL DBD driver.

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      thanks. mysqlpp seems to be just what i needed. and i DID look hard. i did, i did, i did. ::pouts:: :)
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