in reply to SQL against a AoH?

In your case using DBD::Sybase vs. Sybase::DBlib is pretty much irrelevant - both will return the same data for you.

jZed's suggestion to use DBD::AnyData is a good one, but remember that you will need to have DBI installed for this to work.

Michael

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Re^2: SQL against a AoH?
by jZed (Prior) on Jul 26, 2004 at 15:20 UTC
    but remember that you will need to have DBI installed for this to work
    Although if there's some unsolvable reason you can't compile DBI, you can use DBI::PurePerl which comes in the DBI distribution and can be installed by simply copying files and, as far as DBD::AnyData goes, behaves pretty much identically to the compiled DBI.
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Re^2: SQL against a AoH?
by deibyz (Hermit) on Jul 26, 2004 at 15:50 UTC
    jZed's suggestion to use DBD::AnyData is a good one, but remember that you will need to have DBI installed for this to work.

    I think I can get DBI installed, and maybe DBD::AnyDate. The issue with DBD::Sybase was that Sybase::DBlib is the "standard", so SysAdmin dind't want to install anything else. Thanks for the soon reply and for pointing me to that module, I think I have to improve my CPAN search abilities =(.

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      DBD::Sybase vs. Sybase::DBlib...
      You should really be using Sybase::CTlib if you are not using DBD::Sybase. The reason is that it is based on Sybase's Client Library API, rather than the older DB-Library. While DB-Library is "supported", it is no longer enhanced, and you may be running into problems if your dataservers start using some of the newer features (such as wide varchar support, for example.)

      Michael

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