nmake -- NOT OK DBD-ODBC-1.15.tar.gz

goso has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks, I'm new to perl, need to write data to SQL Server, trying to install the DBD::ODBC module. Initially, I tried installing it via CPAN, had minor problem of environment variables not being set up, then I tried again after fixing the problem. Below is the message that I got. Can you guide me to a solution? I searched around to no avail. I'm using WinXP, thanks. 'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. MJEVANS/DBD-ODBC-1.15.tar.gz nmake -- NOT OK

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Re: nmake -- NOT OK DBD-ODBC-1.15.tar.gz by Joost (Canon) on Apr 09, 2008 at 23:13 UTC
You'll probably need to install nmake. That is, assuming you're running activeperl. See this (somewhat old and possibly deprecated) post. update: installing the ppm (again, assuming activeperl) is probably a lot easier. see here, for example "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: nmake -- NOT OK DBD-ODBC-1.15.tar.gz by Anonymous Monk on Apr 10, 2008 at 02:34 UTC
Link to download NMAKE from M$ A guide to installing modules	[reply]
Re^2: nmake -- NOT OK DBD-ODBC-1.15.tar.gz - Thank you both by goso (Initiate) on Apr 10, 2008 at 07:50 UTC
A Thank you to both - Joose and Annonymous :) Yes, I'm using activeperl and I seem to have installed the DBD ok as indicated by the ppm outputs (with last line stating '8 files installed'). I now see DBD-ODBC reflected in my PPM GUI as well as the actual files residing in the said directory. Thank you both again for your help and research. Bow	[reply]