postgresql perl connectivity

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 21:05, Jay wrote:

hi people
i am trying to connect to ppstgresql on a debian system using perl . i
am getting the following error .can any one please suggest what has to
be done

install_driver(pg) failed: Can't locate DBD/pg.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.3
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at
(eval 1) line 3.
Perhaps the DBD::pg perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'pg' isn't right.
Available drivers: ExampleP, Pg, Proxy, Sponge, mysql.
at psqldb.pl line 10

thanks
jay

I have not done much perl programming but it looks like you need to
install the CPAN DBD package.

--
Scot L. Harris <webid@cfl.rr.com>

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 21:19, Jay wrote:

i did a apt-get install on my machine .my mysql connectivity works fine
though .

Even so the error message is saying it can't locate DBD/pg.pm followed
by the include list as well as hinting that the DBD::pg package, which
provides the perl interface to postgresql, has not been fully installed.

If I was in your place I would run the perl CPAN stuff and reinstall the
DBD::pg package then verify that the pg.pm file is on the system and in
one of the include directories.

"Scot L. Harris" <webid@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 21:05, Jay wrote:

hi people

i am trying to connect to ppstgresql on a debian system using perl
. i am getting the following error .can any one please suggest what
has to be done

install_driver(pg) failed: Can't locate DBD/pg.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.3
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .)
at (eval 1) line 3. Perhaps the DBD::pg perl module hasn't been
fully installed, or perhaps the capitalisation of 'pg' isn't right.
Available drivers: ExampleP, Pg, Proxy, Sponge, mysql. at
psqldb.pl line 10

thanks jay

have not done much perl programming but it looks like you need to
nstall the CPAN DBD package.

- Scot L. Harris <webid@cfl.rr.com>

--
Scot L. Harris <webid@cfl.rr.com>

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 21:56, Jay wrote:

i finally got that working . thanks for ur suggestion . i downloaded the
DBD/pg.pm from cpan and it works fine now .
it would be great it u could help me with a bit of perl also. i am
getting an error when i am trying to execute the program
DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR: syntax error at or near "(" at
character 81 at psqldb.pl line 14.
there is nothing at line 14 character 81
thanks
kay

Like I said in my initial message I have not done much perl
programming.

Without source code it is impossible for anyone to debug your script for
you. But note that it says you have a syntax error at or NEAR "(" on
line 14. You need to review all the code in that area of your script.
You probably have a typo that can easily be corrected.

If you have additional perl programming questions you may want to post
on a perl mailing list.

"Scot L. Harris" <webid@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 21:05, Jay wrote:

hi people

i am trying to connect to ppstgresql on a debian system using perl
. i am getting the following error .can any one please suggest what
has to be done

install_driver(pg) failed: Can't locate DBD/pg.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.3

have not done much perl programming but it looks like you need to
nstall the CPAN DBD package.

--
Scot L. Harris
webid@cfl.rr.com

What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.
-- Titus Lucretius Carus

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:05:13PM -0600, Jay wrote:

Perhaps the DBD::pg perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'pg' isn't right.
Available drivers: ExampleP, Pg, Proxy, Sponge, mysql.
at psqldb.pl line 10

So, did you try using the Pg driver rather than pg ? It seems in this
case capitalisation matters ...

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"En las profundidades de nuestro inconsciente hay una obsesiva necesidad
de un universo l�gico y coherente. Pero el universo real se halla siempre
un paso m�s all� de la l�gica" (Irulan)

Alvaro Herrera wrote:

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:05:13PM -0600, Jay wrote:

Perhaps the DBD::pg perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'pg' isn't right.
Available drivers: ExampleP, Pg, Proxy, Sponge, mysql.
at psqldb.pl line 10

So, did you try using the Pg driver rather than pg ? It seems in this
case capitalisation matters ...

It does indeed, since the module-name is the same is its filename and
unix has case-sensitive file-systems (hmm - what would happen on Windows?)

Jay - a quick tip with these is that "perldoc DBD::Pg" will show the
docs for the module in question, or an error if it can't find the module.

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote:

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:05:13PM -0600, Jay wrote:

Perhaps the DBD::pg perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'pg' isn't right.
Available drivers: ExampleP, Pg, Proxy, Sponge, mysql.
at psqldb.pl line 10

So, did you try using the Pg driver rather than pg ? It seems in this
case capitalisation matters ...

Indeed it does. The module is DBD::Pg, *not* DBD::pg.

use DBI:
$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=$dbName", $dbUser, $dbPass, [...]);

Jim