hey all,

i'm trying to run scripts that will query different DB2 queries and return the results via perl.

i'm using activestate perl 5.10.

i installed DB2 9.7 Enterprise server on a windows 2003 server, then i installed the DBI module and the DBD:DB2 module.

i'm trying to run the following code as an example:

 
use DBI;
use strict; 

1.Open a connection 
my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:DB2:omer1", "administrator", "omer2312", {
+RaiseError => 1});

1.use VALUES to retrieve value from special register
my $stmt = "Values CURRENT DATE";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);
$sth->execute();

1.associate variables with output columns...
my $col1;
$sth->bind_col(1,\$col1);
while ($sth->fetch) { print "Today is: $col1\n"; }
$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();

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but i get the following error:

DBI connect('omer1','administrator',...) failed: Total Environment allocation failure! Did you set up your DB2 client environment? at C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\DB2\Not Ready\try.pl line 4

i tried to look this up on the web but couldn't find any answers for windows, only linux.

i read something about environment variables, but i'm not sure which and to what path.

any ideas, anyone?

In reply to using DBD:DB2 with perl on DB2 for windows by omer2312

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