I am surprised DBD::Pg even works if the client libs aren't present. Perhaps it was linked statically. Or maybe you mean that the libraries and headers for development weren't installed but the shared libraries were. Why can't you install the client development libraries?

Another option is to build DBD::Pg on another machine with the devel libraries and copy it over. The hard part is finding all the files and installing them in the right place. It is important that you get the same version of the libraries on the build machine as the database server.

Upgrading DBD::Pg won't fix the problem. It was a change in version 7.3 to not allow empty strings for integer columns. The solution is to not pass empty strings for integer columns.

In reply to Re: upgrading DBD::Pg without client libs by iburrell
in thread upgrading DBD::Pg without client libs by geektron

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