DBD-QBase

DBD-QBase module provides you a QBase Driver for DBI.Installing - Before you can install DBD:QBase you need the following:
- Perl5.001m (NOTE the "m"!!) source
- DBI .63 (or higher) source
- QuickBase 4.1 (Note, it's not been tested with other version)

- Unarchives Perl5, DBI, and QBase. Put the DBI directory under your recently created perl5/ext directory. Do the same for QBase. (note: NeXT's symlinks are not link Linux/SunOS/Solaris so please don't just symlink the directories in..If you do then you'll have to run perl5/miniperl ext/DBI/Makefile.PL by hand since it will file to run.) !2.1] go to ext/QBase and do a perl makefile.PL if you have a copy of ! perl install. Or else ../../mainperl (?) if you don't. Without ! doing this is will fail..IT complains about DBI being static. ! ignore all the warnings. =)
- Now run ./Configure and when you see the following lines add in the correct responses.
- Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)? [-u libsys_s] -- Add: -ObjC
- Any additional libraries? [-ldbm] -- Add: -lMedia_s -lNeXT_s -lQBSQL5_1
- What extensions do you wish to load statically? [ ] -- Add: DBI QBase

- run "Make"
- 1st Note: For some reason on NeXT DBI bombs out because of multiply declares of crypt() I personally commented it out of the perl.h file. There are better ways of doing this, but this way will work for now..Perl programmers should check for crypt() and not declare it/use it if it exits.
- 2th node: It might take 2 times through the make file. Since perl seems to dynamicly build and modify some of it's source on demand. ! * 3rd note: If on linking you get an error about -L look in your ! perl5/ext.libs my Makefile.PL is a bit broke. =)

- Now after QBase failes to compile go to perl5/lib/auto and do the following command: (This is a known problem I'll fix in next version) kiki# ln -s DBD/QBase QBase
- Then go back to perl5/ and do a "make" again. It should correctly compiled QBase now.
- Then just do a "make install" and your done.