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 Hello all,
I have some PostgreSQL/Perl problems.
I am using RedHat Linux 7.0 with Apache.

I wrote a test script to see if I could connect to my local
Postgres database but it didn't work. When I looked at the
error log it said

"DBI.pm" cannot be found

referring to "use DBI;" in my code.
I was under the impression that Perl had native support for
Postgres so I tried connecting without use DBI; using:

$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=name","user","password");

but an error was caused and the error log said:

Cannot find method "connect" in module "DBI"

Does this mean that Perl has native support for Postgres
but I'm using the wrong method to connect?
If not, do I need to install DBI.pm? Where do I install it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
D.

In reply to PostgreSQL/Perl help Reformatted by Anonymous Monk

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