I have been trying for some time now to get DBD::Pg to install via PPM on version 5.10 of ActivePerl. I'm hoping some esteemed Monk will be able to offer some insights.

I have installed the following under Windows Vista:

Postgresql v8.4 (latest windows binary)
ActivePerl 5.10.1 (again, latest windows binary)
DBD::Pg via PgFoundry

When I try to run a simple script with a call to DBI->connect() I get the following:

Runtime Error! (in a Windows alert dialog)
Program: C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe

R6034
An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incor
+rectly.
Please contact the application's support team for more information

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In the Command prompt window there is a different error message:

install_driver(Pg) failed: Can't load 'C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\DBD\Pg\Pg
+.dll' for module DBD::Pg
...

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I have gone through this node in great detail, as well as many other posts in various forums (PgFoundry, ActiveSite, etc), and can't get anywhere. I gather that the problem is some incompatability between the MSVC runtime libraries that Perl.exe expects and what it finds, as there are a number of posts about sticking MSCVR80.dll or perl.exe.manifest files in the perl/bin directory to make the interpreter happy. I have tried many iterations of this, and I am convinced that I have compatible versions of MSVCR80.dll and a manifest describing it that Perl.exe can find, but I still get this same set of errors. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Scott W.

In reply to DBD::Pg on Windows with ActivePerl by tswall

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