Well, since it looks like you'd have to move to DBI anyway (which will entail rewriting some of the code...), you might also want to look at DBD::Informix which will give you a native connection to the database.

I guess this begs a larger question. Are the APIs of DBI and Win32::ODBC similar enough to do a simple replace on any Win32::ODBC calls to make them DBI calls? If you can't, then why would Win32::ODBC still be useful? I understand the history (and if you know you will never move the Perl to a non-Win32 machine, Win32::ODBC will be a better choice than DBD::ODBC), but it seems that DBI would always be the better choice in most solutions.

This is only my opinion, and I want someone to tell me if I'm wrong for thinking this way.

ALL HAIL BRAK!!!