in reply to Simpler way to connect to Sybase server

If you really, really, really don't want to learn how to program against a Sybase server (using ctlib/Sybperl/DBI/DBD) then you may consider executing the existing command line tool isql from inside your Perl script.

f--k the world!!!!
/dev/world has reached maximal mount count, check forced.

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Re: Re: Simpler way to connect to Sybase server
by mpeppler (Vicar) on Nov 27, 2001 at 23:23 UTC
    Hehehehe... the very first version of sybperl (back in 1990) used two-way pipes over pseudo-ttys to talk to isql...

    :-)

    Michael

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Re: Re: Simpler way to connect to Sybase server
by dreman (Acolyte) on Nov 27, 2001 at 22:14 UTC
    thanks, but what would be a good reference to learn the basic of sybperl. Thanks
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      Well, mpeppler the author of both Sybperl and DBD::Sybase is occasionally in the monastery, so he might jump in on this thread at any time.

      But my opinion (as someone who spent many years using Sybperl] is that the DBI interface is much easier to understand. There's a good book on it called Programming the Perl DBI.

      --
      <http://www.dave.org.uk>

      "The first rule of Perl club is you don't talk about Perl club."

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