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["JupiterHost.Net" <mlists AT jupiterhost.net>]

Ciaran Hamilton wrote:
> JupiterHost.Net wrote:
>
> > Hmm...I cannot find an ODBC driver manager that I recognize.
> > ...And I know about these drivers:
> >         Microsoft ODBC, adabas, easysoft, empress, esodbc, informix,
> >         intersolve, iodbc, sapdb, solid, udbc, unixodbc
> > root [~/DBD-ODBC-1.13]#
>
> [...]
>
> > I do have unixodbc installed and I saw a thread that seemed to indicate 
> > DBD::ODBC + freetds + unixodbc could be used together, is that what i 
> > need  to do? That is, build DBD::ODBC against unixodbc instead of 
> > freetds and use freetds's goods to connect() to MS SQL?
>
>
> Apologies if this sounds patronising - it's not meant to be - but have 

no worries, its the little things that trip you up and fresh can see the 
obviouse sometimes

> you tried make'ing with ODBCHOME="/usr"? Normally that's where unixODBC 
> is installed. Of course, if you know it's installed in /opt/ and not 
> /usr/ , then ignore this.

It is in /opt :) I sort of gave up on DBD::ODBC and went for DBD::Sybase