DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

Started by Williams, Travis L, NPONSabout 23 years ago7 messagesgeneral
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All,
I have noticed that they have replaced DBD::Pg with DBD::PgPP in cpan. Also if you use windows PPM that you can't get DBD::Pg that way.. only DBD::PgPP.. I understand the difference between the two modules.. but is it really a replacement.. or 2 different modules.. in my mind its two different modules.. and they should both be listed. Has DBD::PgPP been tested?

Travis

#2Ian Lawrence Barwick
barwick@gmail.com
In reply to: Williams, Travis L, NPONS (#1)
Re: DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 00:11, Williams, Travis L, NPONS wrote:

All,
I have noticed that they have replaced DBD::Pg with DBD::PgPP in cpan.

"They" haven't been doing anything of the sort, I hope ;-).

http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/

has the latest DBD::Pg version ...

Also if you use windows PPM that you can't get DBD::Pg that way.. only
DBD::PgPP.. I understand the difference between the two modules.. but is it
really a replacement.. or 2 different modules.. in my mind its two
different modules.. and they should both be listed. Has DBD::PgPP been
tested?

They are very different modules. I have no idea about DBD::PgPP though.

Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net

#3codeWarrior
GPatnude@adelphia.net
In reply to: Ian Lawrence Barwick (#2)
Re: DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

DBD::PgPP is a "Pure Perl" driver -- Which I believe the author means there
are no compiled C libraries in his implementation .. I dont think that using
PgPP because it has a ppd file is a good excuse for using it...

DBD::Pg is the DBD:Pg that we all know and love...

"Ian Barwick" <barwick@gmx.net> wrote in message
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On Wednesday 22 January 2003 00:11, Williams, Travis L, NPONS wrote:

All,
I have noticed that they have replaced DBD::Pg with DBD::PgPP in cpan.

"They" haven't been doing anything of the sort, I hope ;-).

http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/

has the latest DBD::Pg version ...

Also if you use windows PPM that you can't get DBD::Pg that way.. only
DBD::PgPP.. I understand the difference between the two modules.. but is

it

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really a replacement.. or 2 different modules.. in my mind its two
different modules.. and they should both be listed. Has DBD::PgPP been
tested?

They are very different modules. I have no idea about DBD::PgPP though.

Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net

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In reply to: codeWarrior (#3)
Re: DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

I understand they are different.. and I know how to manually find them.. but they took DBD::Pg out of the main list.. and if you use ppm on a activestate box it also does not give you the choice to load DBD::Pg anymore... only DBD::PgPP. The DBD::PgPP doesn't need the pgsql libraries installed to use it.. I've testing it on a windows box and am getting ready to test it on a hpux box. If it works then it is much simpler to install on a hpux box cause you don't need the libraries.

Travis

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Barwick [mailto:barwick@gmx.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:37 AM
To: Williams, Travis L, NPONS; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 00:11, Williams, Travis L, NPONS wrote:

All,
I have noticed that they have replaced DBD::Pg with DBD::PgPP in cpan.

"They" haven't been doing anything of the sort, I hope ;-).

http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/

has the latest DBD::Pg version ...

Also if you use windows PPM that you can't get DBD::Pg that way.. only
DBD::PgPP.. I understand the difference between the two modules.. but is it
really a replacement.. or 2 different modules.. in my mind its two
different modules.. and they should both be listed. Has DBD::PgPP been
tested?

They are very different modules. I have no idea about DBD::PgPP though.

Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net

#5Ian Lawrence Barwick
barwick@gmail.com
In reply to: Williams, Travis L, NPONS (#4)
Re: DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 17:49, Williams, Travis L, NPONS wrote:

I understand they are different.. and I know how to manually find them..
but they took DBD::Pg out of the main list..

Which "they" and which "main list" do you mean exactly?

Actually I would recommend asking the dbi-users list,

http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=dbi-users

there are people there who know more about Windows Perl
issuses than I do...

Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net

In reply to: Ian Lawrence Barwick (#5)
Re: DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

They would be whoever maintains the cpan web site.. the main list is the module list.

Travis

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Barwick [mailto:barwick@gmx.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:04 AM
To: Williams, Travis L, NPONS; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 17:49, Williams, Travis L, NPONS wrote:

I understand they are different.. and I know how to manually find them..
but they took DBD::Pg out of the main list..

Which "they" and which "main list" do you mean exactly?

Actually I would recommend asking the dbi-users list,

http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=dbi-users

there are people there who know more about Windows Perl
issuses than I do...

Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net

#7Vivek Khera
khera@kcilink.com
In reply to: Williams, Travis L, NPONS (#6)
Re: DBD::Pg & DBD::PgPP Cpan question

"TLW" == Travis L Williams <tlw@att.com> writes:

TLW> They would be whoever maintains the cpan web site.. the main list
TLW> is the module list.

Dunno what you're seeing, but the database as of Jan 28 on CPAN has
both:

cpan> m DBD::Pg
Module id = DBD::Pg
CPAN_USERID DWHEELER (David Wheeler <david@wheeler.net>)
CPAN_VERSION 1.21
CPAN_FILE D/DW/DWHEELER/DBD-Pg-1.21.tar.gz
INST_FILE (not installed)

cpan> m DBD::PgPP
Module id = DBD::PgPP
DESCRIPTION Pure Perl PostgreSQL driver for the DBI
CPAN_USERID OYAMA (OYAMA Hiroyuki <hoyama@infoware.ne.jp>)
CPAN_VERSION 0.04
CPAN_FILE O/OY/OYAMA/DBD-PgPP-0.04.tar.gz
DSLI_STATUS bdpO (beta,developer,perl,object-oriented)
INST_FILE (not installed)

It's in the CPAN index, so it should be on the CPAN site. If not, it
is a web site bug.