I'm trying to do some simple MYSQL stuff on my Windows XP machine. Basically I'm trying to read into the VBulletin MYSQL database with perl.

I downloaded phptriad2-2-1.exe which set everything I needed MYSQL and PHP wise, but also has installed me another copy of apache. Any how... the main thing is I now have VBulleting and a database on my machine.


HOWEVER, when I now try running a perl script, the moment it gets to a "USE DBI;" statement it causes an Internel System Error, and the error log reports:-

Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: c:/usr/lib c:/usr/site/lib .) at c:/blahblah/db.pl line 3.

This same error message occurs no matter which of the two version of apache I now have.

The interesting thing is I can see in "C:\usr\perl\site\lib" the following stuff:-
A "DBI" directory
DBI-1.32.packlist
DBI.pm

I expect this other directory is from one of my numerous different perl/apache installs over the years?

Anyway, I tried installing DBI by using PPM but always get:- Error installing package 'DBD-Mysql': Could not local PPD file for package DBD-Mysql.

If I type "search" I get:-
Packages available from "http://ww.activestate.com/Packages/:" and nothing else...

Help...

In reply to Cannot install DBI by NeilF

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