Re: DBD::Pg on UnixWare

Thomas Good wrote:
>
> Vital Signs:
> ------------
> Database version: PostgreSQL 6.3.2
> Alleged OS: UnixWare 2.1.2
> Perl Version: Perl 5.004_04
> DBI Module: DBI 0.91
> DBD Driver: DBD-Pg 0.69
>
> Gratuitous Whining:
> ------------------
> This combination runs fine on Linux 2.0.30 (Slackware 3.4) and
> FreeBSD 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 (Perl 5.005) but, like so many other things,
> has trouble working properly on UnixWare...
>
> Symptoms:
> ---------
> The most rudimentary report that uses DBI::DBD-Pg to return a cursor
> select is failing with:
>
> dynamic linker: /usr/bin/perl: symbol not found: strncasecmp
>
> Debug Attempt:
> -------------
> perl debug shows that the query is dying at line 101 of Pg.pm:
>
> 101: DBD::Pg::db::prepare(/opt/lib/perl5/site_perl/DBD/Pg.pm: 101):
> DBD::Pg::st_prepare($sth, $statement, @attribs)
> 102: or return undef;
>
> If I comment out the PAGER simply connect to the db I can do so
> without complaint. My $dbh->disconnect also exits without err.
>
> Any advice most appreciated (danke sehr, Edmund)...
> Tom
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in Pg.xs replace strncasecmp() by strncmp().
The check, in which strncasecmp is used,
will not be as strict, as it should, but
this is not critical.

Edmund

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