Hello all,

I am trying to install DBD for DB2. I have downloaded DBD-DB2-1.80a.tar.gz as well as DBD-DB2.ppd. I am using Windows 7 64-bit with Visual C++ 2008 Express edition.

When I try to ppm install DBD-DB2.ppd, it gives me error "ppm install failed: The PPD does not provide code to install for this platform".

I downloaded Active Perl 32-bit and installed it. DBD::DB2 is not included but DBD::Oracle is there and working fine. I ran vsvars32.bat. Then from CPAN, when I issued install DBD::DB2, it gave so many warnings and finally with these following 6 errors, it stopped.

dbdimp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _SQLGetLength@2
+0 referenced in function _get_lob_length
dbdimp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _SQLGetSubStrin
+g@40 referenced in function _get_lob_data
dbdimp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sqledcls_api@8
+ referenced in function _db2_data_sources
dbdimp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sqledgne_api@1
+2 referenced in function _db2_data_sources
dbdimp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sqledosd_api@1
+6 referenced in function _db2_data_sources
dbdimp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _SQLBindFileToP
+aram@32 referenced in function _db2_bind_ph
blib\arch\auto\DBD\DB2\DB2.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 6 unresolved ext
+ernals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual S
+tudio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return code '0x460'
Stop.

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What am I doing wrong here? Please help.

Thanks, Joydeep

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