DBD::Firebird -- DBI driver for Firebird RDBMS server.
Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Popa Adrian Marius <
[email protected]>
Copyright (c) 2011 Stefan Suciu <
[email protected]>
Copyright (c) 2011 Damyan Ivanov <
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Copyright (c) 2011 Alexandr Ciornii <
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Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 pilcrow <
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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.
(
http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html)
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE README FILE CAREFULLY !
WARNING: THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE. Your mileage may vary.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Perl (5.8.2 and higher)
- Perl DBI (1.41 and higher)
- Firebird (2.5 and higher)
- A C compiler
* UN*X
GCC 4.x (tested, older may or may not work) or other capable
* Windows
- Strawberry perl (
http://strawberryperl.com/) comes with it's own compiler (mingw)
- or Microsoft Express VC++ 9.0 (2008)
*BEFORE* BUILDING, TESTING AND INSTALLING this you will need to:
- Build, test and install Perl 5 (at least 5.8.2).
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 Firebird server is running (for testing telnet localhost 3050)
BUILDING:
Win32/Win64 with Strawberry
type 'dmake' from the console
Win32/Win64 with MS compiler:
type 'nmake', not just 'make'
To Configure and build the DBD:
perl Makefile.PL
make
TESTING
Please, set at least DBI_PASS (or ISC_PASSWORD), before 'make test'.
The default for DBI_USER is 'SYSDBA'.(masterkey password is given here as example only)
ISC_PASSWORD=masterkey make test
make install (if the tests look okay)
