Re: Perl and PostgreSQL 7.1.2 a DBI Connection

Pedro Alves wrote:

>         I'm not sure I understand what you want really. If you want to
> access postgres with perl through DBI, you don't need to compile postgres
> with that option. That is meant for bulding funcions in a procedural
> language based on perl. In the last case, you need to recompile perl and
> --enable-shared. But I don't think this is the case, so you already got what
> you need.
>
>         Hope it helps
>
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:06:56PM -0400, R Talbot wrote:
> >
> > I have compiled and installed
> >  PostgreSQL 7.1.2
> > DBD-Pg-1.01.tar.gz
> > DBI-1.20.tar.gz
> >
> > I am running  perl, version 5.005_03
> > ...
> >
> > When I ran ./configure on PostgreSQL
> > 7.1.2 I did so --with-perl
> > but make reported It could not
> > install because Perl libraries
> > were not shared.. I assume it wanted
> > me to have the Perl static
> > installed and linked.. Right or
> > wrong??
> > SQL...
> >
> > So I installed the above DBD and DBI
> > after the PostgreSQL install..
> >
> > Question ?? Do I have to do anything
> > else to get Perl and PostgreSQL
> > to work together.. Such as another
> > Perl Library or a Link..??
> >
> > Bob T
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Pedro

   Thank you ,, YOu answered my question.
I didn't understand the  relation between Perl and
the built in procedural language..Now I dp..

Bob T.