Hi

many thanks to all who replied to my question about Perl IDE/Editors - much appreciated.

I have another question (sorry but I very new to this)

I have downloaded and installed Apache and Active Perl 5.6 and have them running ok under Win 2000 (much to my surprise and relief)

I want to be able to access a MySQL database.

When I tried use DBI; I get an error saying 'cannot find DBI.pm'. So I assume that the DBI doesn't come as part of the standard Active Perl installation

So my limited understanding tells me that I need the Perl DBI Module for MySQL installing.

Questions -

Where do I find the MySQL DBI Module for Win 2000 (tried Active State and CPAN but can only find a tar - whatever that is!!!)

Assuming one can find the MySQL DBI Module for Win 2000, how does one install it so it runs correctly on Apache/Win 2000?

Sorry if this is a silly question but I really need db access otherwise it is back to PHP

Many Thanks

Kevin

Edit kudra, 2001-08-06 Replaced CODE tag with some paragraph formatting

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