Both of your responses were correct. Thanks. Once I simply used ppm, I could install the DBD-ODBC module without incident. I can now access my database fine.

However, when I execute the following code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use DBI;

my @drivers = DBI->available_drivers;
die 'no drivers installed' unless @drivers;

for my $driver (@drivers) {
    print "driver:\t$driver\n";
    my @dsns = DBI->data_sources($driver);
    for my $dsn (@dsns) {
        print "dsn:\t$dsn\n";
    }
}

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I get the following output: 

C:\Perl\source>perl dbtest.pl
driver: ExampleP
dsn:    dbi:ExampleP:dir=.
driver: ODBC
dsn:    DBI:ODBC:MS Access Database
dsn:    DBI:ODBC:Excel Files
dsn:    DBI:ODBC:dBASE Files
dsn:    DBI:ODBC:Visual FoxPro Tables
dsn:    DBI:ODBC:Visual FoxPro Database
dsn:    DBI:ODBC:testdb
driver: Proxy
install_driver(Proxy) failed: Can't locate RPC/PlClient.pm in @INC (@I
+NC contain
s: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) at C:/Perl/site/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm li
+ne 28.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm lin
+e 28.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 3.
Perhaps a module that DBD::Proxy requires hasn't been fully installed
 at dbtest.pl line 10

C:\Perl\source>

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Any ideas on what's going on with the Proxy driver? Should I be concerned about this?

In reply to Re: Re: newbie wants to install DBI for ActiveState by Anonymous Monk
in thread newbie wants to install DBI for ActiveState by Anonymous Monk

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