Help needed with pg.pm to connect to postgresql - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Kisala Muhavi
Subject Help needed with pg.pm to connect to postgresql
Date
Msg-id 383762072.973348855722.JavaMail.root@web277-ec
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Responses Re: Help needed with pg.pm to connect to postgresql  (Jesus Aneiros <aneiros@jagua.cfg.sld.cu>)
Re: Help needed with pg.pm to connect to postgresql  ("Albert REINER" <areiner@tph.tuwien.ac.at>)
List pgsql-novice
hi,
Im using linux and i have postgresql 6.5 and perl 5.003 installed on system.
Im having problems connecting to postgresql where as ive pgsql_perl5
installed, only that im not sure whether its configured propely. well this
is the error i incur whenever i try to run my program :-

"can't locate pg.pm in @INC(@INC contains :/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5.00503 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005.) at connect.cgi
BEGIN failed --compilation aborted at connect.cgi "

well this my short perl program:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#
#perl sample program

use pg;

$conn =pg::connectdb("dbname=test");
die $conn->errorMessage unless PGRES_CONNECTION_OK eq $conn->status;

print "Enter User name :"
$username = <STDIN>;
chomp $username;

$result = $conn->exec(
"SELECT firstname,lastname,state,city,age from friends WHERE firstname =
'username'");

die $conn->errorMessage unless PGRES_TUPLES_OK eq $result->resultstatus;

while (@row = $result->fetchrow)
{
print @row, "\n";
}



please  help.
thanks bye
Bonface Kisala.


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