If it were my computer, based on what little I know, I would have zero interest in downgrading to Windows 11. But it's not even mine.

As for using 17 GB, and still without a DBI/DBD solution, that illustrates the issue. I think I'm in about 2 GB total right now: XAMPP takes about 700 MB, plus I've had to install MSYS2: 277 MB; 7-Zip: 6 MB; plus my database itself is around 1 GB. But the main thing is (if I could get it to work--and this is the second round of trying, so far without success), it would be much easier to utilize--just browse to the local file in the browser, no muss, no fuss with starting a VM, etc.

But, alas! It looks like perl/DBI cannot work on Windows outside of a VM. Does anyone here have it running natively, sans VM?

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

In reply to Re^4: Perl XAMPP DB Connect issue (Windows/Strawberry?) by Polyglot
in thread Perl XAMPP DB Connect issue (Windows/Strawberry?) by Polyglot

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.