Hello, Everyone

I have a question! I just installed DBD:Sybase module into ActiveState Perl using PPM. When I run the code that I have copied out of "Programming the Perl DBI" (not a plug for the book), I get the following errors.

Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Program Files/Perl/lib C:/Program Files/Perl/site/lib .) a t C:/Program Files/Perl/site/lib/DBD/Sybase.pm line 16.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/Perl/site/lib/DBD/Sybase.pm line 16.

Compilation failed in require at datasources.pl line 3.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at datasources.pl line 3.

Now is this because the book has bad code in it or have I missed copied something? I have doubled check the book and everything looks right.

What this code is suppost to do is check for which DBI drivers I have running on my machine.

Here is the code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use DBI::Sybase;
use strict;

my @drivers = DBI->available_drivers();

die "No drivers found!\n" unless @drivers

foreach my $driver (@drivers)
{
    print "Driver: $driver\n";
    my @DataSources = DBI->$data_sources($driver);
    foreach my $DataSources(@DataSources)
    {
        print "\tData Source is $DataSources\n";
    }
    print "\n";
}
exit

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So, my questions are:

1. Where is this @INC varible and how do I change it,if needed?

2. How can I get this code to work correctly?

3. Has anyone else ever used PPM from Active State?

Thanks.

Curtisb

In reply to Question about DBI and PPM/DB Driver Verify Code by curtisb

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