Re: DBD::Pg on UnixWare - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Edmund Mergl
Subject Re: DBD::Pg on UnixWare
Date
Msg-id 372B570C.D94F5B95@bawue.de
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In response to DBD::Pg on UnixWare  (Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org>)
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Thomas Good wrote:
> 
> Vital Signs:
> ------------
> Database version:     PostgreSQL 6.3.2
> Alleged OS:           UnixWare 2.1.2
> Perl Version:         Perl 5.004_04
> DBI Module:           DBI 0.91
> DBD Driver:           DBD-Pg 0.69
> 
> Gratuitous Whining:
> ------------------
> This combination runs fine on Linux 2.0.30 (Slackware 3.4) and
> FreeBSD 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 (Perl 5.005) but, like so many other things,
> has trouble working properly on UnixWare...
> 
> Symptoms:
> ---------
> The most rudimentary report that uses DBI::DBD-Pg to return a cursor
> select is failing with:
> 
> dynamic linker: /usr/bin/perl: symbol not found: strncasecmp
> 
> Debug Attempt:
> -------------
> perl debug shows that the query is dying at line 101 of Pg.pm:
> 
> 101:  DBD::Pg::db::prepare(/opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/DBD/Pg.pm: 101):
>       DBD::Pg::st_prepare($sth, $statement, @attribs)
> 102:          or return undef;
> 
> If I comment out the PAGER simply connect to the db I can do so
> without complaint.  My $dbh->disconnect also exits without err.
> 
> Any advice most appreciated (danke sehr, Edmund)...
> Tom
> ----
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> 
>          Thomas Good   Information Systems Coordinator
>          E-Mail:       tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org
>          Phone:        718-354-5528
>          Fax:          718-354-5056
> 
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in Pg.xs replace strncasecmp() by strncmp(). 
The check, in which strncasecmp is used,
will not be as strict, as it should, but 
this is not critical.

Edmund

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