NAME
INSTALL - How to install and configure DBD::MaxDB version 7.6.0
BUILD 027-121-124-939
SYNOPSIS
perl Makefile.PL [options]
make
make test
make install
DESCRIPTION
This documentation describes how you install the DBD::MaxDB, the
Perl DBI driver for the MaxDB by MySQL database.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2000-2006 by SAP AG
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of either the Artistic License, as
specified in the Perl README file or the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA.
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS:
This module is maintained and supported on a mailing list,
maxdb@lists.mysql.com
Please send comments and bug-reports to this list. Please
include the output of perl -v [-V], the version of the MaxDB
database, the version of the MaxDB SQLDBC-SDK, the version of
DBI, and details about your platform in your bug report.
Mailing list archives are available at:
the section on "/lists.mysql.com/maxdb" in the http: manpage
Additionally you might try the dbi-user mailing list for
questions about DBI and its modules in general.
HOW TO GET THE LATEST VERSION:
Use the following URL to look for new versions of this module:
the section on "/search.cpan.org/~maxdb" in the http: manpage
PREREQUISITES
Before installing the driver make sure that you have the
following prerequisites available.
Perl
Build, test and install Perl 5 (at least 5.6.1). It is very
important to TEST it and INSTALL it!
DBI Build, test and install DBI (at least 1.21). Since DBD::MaxDB is
a DBI driver, you need DBI. It is available at:
the section on "/search.cpan.org" in the http: manpage
C compiler
A C compiler is required, since currently you can only
install from source. Maybe a binary version will be
available in future releases.
Make sure, that the C compiler you use is the same C
compiler that was used for compiling Perl! Otherwise you
will almost definitely encounter problems because of
differences in the underlying C runtime libraries.
MaxDB SQLDBC-SDK
The DBD::MaxDB driver needs to link with MaxDB's common
database interface SQLDBC which is not included in this
distribution. You need at least the version 7.6.00.19. But
you should use a newer version of SQLDBC from release
7.6.00. For details about SQLDBC see:
the section on
"/www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/pdf/sqldbc_eng.pdf" in the
http: manpage
You can download the SQLDBC software development kit from
the MySQL homepage at:
the section on "/www.mysql.com/maxdb" in the http: manpage
There are different ways to install the SQLDBC software
development kit.
Install using SDBINST
You need to download and unpack the MaxDB standard
installation package (maxdb-all-<os>-[32 or 64]bit-
<arch>-<version>_<build>.<tgz>)
Go to the directory into which you unpacked the
installation package. Enter the following commands:
./SDBINST -package Base
./SDBINST -package "Database Connectivity"
The Base package is required for SQLDBC SDK. If you have
already installed it, you can skip the first command.
Install from tarball
Download the latest version of the SQLDBC SDK from the
MySQL homepage or the ftp server. Choose the SQLDBC
package that matches your operating system architecture.
Platform Package name ----------------------------------
-------------------------------------- Microsoft Windows
(x86) maxdb-sqldbc-win-32bit-i386-7_6_00_27.zip
Microsoft Windows (IA64) maxdb-sqldbc-win-64bit-ia64-
7_6_00_27.zip Linux (x86) maxdb-sqldbc-linux-32bit-i386-
7_6_00_27.zip Linux (IA64) maxdb-sqldbc-linux-64bit-
ia64-7_6_00_27.zip IBM AIX 5 (PowerPC, 64-bit) maxdb-
sqldbc-aix5-64bit-ppc-7_6_00_27.zip HP-UX (HPPA, 64-bit)
maxdb-sqldbc-hpux-64bit-hppa-7_6_00_27.zip Sun Solaris
(Sparc, 64-bit) maxdb-sqldbc-sun-64bit-sparc-
7_6_00_27.zip Tru64 (Alpha, 64-bit) maxdb-sqldbc-tru64-
64bit-alpha-7_6_00_27.zip
Unpack the tarball to a local directory of your choice
with the following command:
tar xvzf maxdb-all-<os>-32|64bit-<arch>-<version>_<build>
MaxDB database server
Of course you will need a MaxDB database instance. The
DBD::MaxDB driver supports all available versions of MaxDB
(SAP DB) at least 7.3. The MaxDB software and documentation
can be found at:
the section on "/www.mysql.com/maxdb" in the http: manpage
INSTALLATION
By default Makefile.PL uses the MaxDB global configuration file
(/etc/opt/sdb) on Unix/Linux platforms or the registry (requires
Win32API::Registry) on Windows platforms for retrieving the
location of `SQLDBC-SDK'.
If the location of `SQLDBC-SDK' cannot be found or if you want
to control it yourself, define the environment variables
`SQLDBCSDK' or set the option `< -o <path' >> when calling `
perl Makefile.PL '
Since the tests will connect to a live database, you need to set
the following environment variables for the tests to run:
DBI_DSN=dbi:MaxDB:<host>/<dbname>
DBI_USER=<username>
DBI_PASS=<password>
E.g. Definition of the parameter url for a connection to the database TST on
the computer REMOTESERVER C< dbi:MaxDB:REMOTESERVER/TST >
Now you are ready, to make and install DBD::MaxDB. The final
steps are:
1. perl Makefile.PL
2. make (or nmake, if VC++ on windows)
3. make test (or nmake, if VC++ on windows)
4. make install (or nmake, if VC++ on windows)
Note that you should execute steps 1 to 3 as a normal user, not
as root!
TESTING
You need to set the following environment variables for the
tests to run:
DBI_DSN=dbi:MaxDB:<host>/<dbname>
DBI_USER=<username>
DBI_PASS=<password>
Execute the command:
`make test' or `make test TEST_VERBOSE=1'
to run the test suite. Running the test suite should not show
any errors.
Since DBD::MaxDB uses the shared library `libSQLDBC_C.so'
(`libSQLDBC_C.dll' on windows), you have to ensure that this
library can be found by the operating system. On windows you
should add the `libSQLDBC_C.dll' to you `PATH' environment
variable. On Unix/Linux you will normally add the path of
`libSQLDBC_C.[so|sl]' to the environment variable
`LD_LIBRARY_PATH'.