DBD::InterBase -- DBI driver for Firebird and InterBase RDBMS server.

$Id: README 360 2005-09-12 03:25:30Z edpratomo $

Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Edwin Pratomo Portions Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Daniel Ritz

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE README FILE CAREFULLY !

WARNING: THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE. Your mileage may vary.

REQUIREMENTS

• Perl 5.004 installed
• Perl DBI (1.41 and higher)
• Firebird or InterBase
• A C compiler
  • UN*X GCC 2.95.2 (tested, older may or may not work) or other capable
  • Windows
    • Borland C++ 5.5 You can donwload a free copy of BCC55 at ftp://ftpd.borland.com/download/bcppbuilder/freecommandLinetools.exe

      In order to compile with Borland compiler you need pmake: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/NI-S/Make-1.00.tar.gz dmake would work too (building) but has problems creating PPD file http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/GSAR/dmake-4.1pl1-win32.zip

    • or Microsoft VC++ 6.0

BEFORE BUILDING, TESTING AND INSTALLING this you will need to:

• Build, test and install Perl 5 (at least 5.004). It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!
• Build, test and install the DBI module (at least DBI 1.41). It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!
• Remember to read the DBI README file!
• Make sure that InterBase/Firebird server is running (for testing)

  BUILDING

  Win32 with Borland C++: type 'pmake' or 'dmake', not just 'make'. before run make: perl PatchBCC

  Win32 with MS compiler: type 'nmake', not just 'make'

  To Configure and build the DBD: perl Makefile.PL (when asked to specify a test database, please specify a non-existing file) make

TESTING

make test
make install (if the tests look okay)