Re: [MacPerl] Are there any SQL DBI's for Mac & NT?

[George Scriban <georges@aimcorp.com>]

At 4:13pm -0500 11/11/97, Steve Linberg wrote:
>mark wrote:
>>I believe there is Oracle for the Mac.  I also think there
>>is an SQL.pm on CPAN.
>
>I see" Msql", but this is unix-only as far as I've been able to
>determine.  Nothing else on CPAN that I can find contains "sql".
>
>I don't really care about having a SQL front-end on the Mac; I just want
>to be able to create and access "straight" SQL files through Perl.  I'm
>starting to sense that there is no way to do this.  Anyone know if this is
>correct?  (Unfortunately, Oracle is too much money (and, from what I hear,
>trouble) for our organization.)

Full-blown SQL RDMSs are a little scarce on MacOS.

Beside Oracle, you might wish to inquire about PowerBuilder 6.0 from Sybase <http://www.powersoft.com/products/powerbuilder/pb60data.html> -- the spec sheet indicates that the PowerBuilder IDE includes a desktop version of Sybase SQL Anywhere, although it's not available as a stand-alone product for the MacOS. Another option could be Butler SQL from Everyware <http://www.everyware.com/products/butler/Butler_Info.html>, which is a full-fledged, stand-alone SQL RDBMS for the MacOS.


Regards,

George Scriban
@im
800-615-5104



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