DBD::SQLAnywhere -- a SQLAnywhere interface for Perl 5. Portions Copyright (c) 1994,1995,1996 Tim Bunce Portions Copyright (c) 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company For license information, please see license.txt included in this distribution. *BEFORE* BUILDING, TESTING AND INSTALLING this you will need to: Build, test and install Perl 5 (at least 5.6.0 is recommended). It is very important to test it and install it! Build, test and install the DBI module (at least DBI 1.51 is required) if it is not already included in your perl distribution. No SQL Anywhere software needs to be installed to build this module; however, a SQL Anywhere client installation is required in order to use the module. A full SQLAnywhere client+server installation is recommended for testing this module otherwise the tests will be skipped. Building: On UNIX: [ Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc. ] source sa_config.sh (or sa_config.csh) from the SQL Anywhere installation perl Makefile.PL make copy demo.db from the SQL Anywhere installation directory to the current directory make test make install On Windows: If ActiveState's builds are working correctly, you can install the driver from their repository: ppm install DBD-SQLAnywhere To build the driver yourself using ActivePerl 5.18 or later: First install the MinGW Perl package: ppm install MinGW Then add your \site\bin directory to your PATH if it is not already there Then run the following: perl Makefile.PL dmake copy demo.db from the SQL Anywhere installation directory to the current directory dmake test dmake install To build the driver yourself Using ActivePerl 5.16 or earlier: [ Note: Microsoft C is required ] First, ensure that your VisualStudio compilation environment is setup correctly by invoking the appropriate vcvars*.bat or vsvars*.bat provided in the Visual Studio installation. Then run the following: perl Makefile.PL nmake copy demo.db from the SQL Anywhere installation directory to the current directory nmake test nmake install If you are using an old version of Visual Studio and/or a really old version of ActivePerl and you see errors about manifests, uncomment the following line in Makefile.PL and try again starting with 'perl Makefile.PL': # $opts{LD} = "\$(PERL) dolink.pl \$@"; Do not hand-edit the generated Makefile as those changes will be lost the next time 'perl Makefile.PL' is invoked. Always try to make changes via the Makefile.PL command line and/or editing Makefile.PL. --------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: For information on how to use DBD::SQLAnywhere, please invoke the following after DBD::SQLAnywhere has been installed: perldoc DBD::SQLAnywhere Prior to installation, you may instead run the following when SQLAnywhere.pm is in your current directory: perldoc SQLAnywhere.pm Examples can be found in the 'eg' directory: connect.pl -> Demonstrates a simple connect. retrieve.pl -> Demonstrates retrieving data from a table and displaying the result set. blobs.pl -> Demonstrates the use of blobs For further examples, consult the test scripts located in the 't' directory.