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DBD-Teradata-1.50
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NAME

DBD::Teradata - DBI driver for Teradata

SYNOPSIS

use DBI;

$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Teradata:hostname', 'user', 'password');

See DBI for more information.

DESCRIPTION

Refer to the included doc/index.html, or http://www.presicient.com/tdatdbd for detailed information.

PREREQUISITES

Install Perl (minimum version 5.8).

Build, test and install the DBI module (minimum version 1.36).

Remember to *read* the DBI README, this README, and the included doc/index.html CAREFULLY!

I had a lot of info to distill, and POD, though quaint and convenient for READMEs like this, just isn't as expressive as HTML...hence doc/index.html. Please refer to doc/index.html for detailed usage information.

*** BUILDING:

NOTE

The provided test suite is not suitable for normal Perl "make test", as it requires a Teradata database and a username and password for an account with various privileges (e.g., CREATE PROCEDURE).

After installing, you can verify the install by running

perl t/test.pl <host> <user> <password>

where <host> is the name of your Teradata server. NOTE that CLI does NOT support numeric IP addresses, nor addresses with the COPn suffix already applied, i.e.,

perl t/test.pl 129.123.345.78 dbc dbc   # WRONG

perl t/test.pl DBCCOP1 dbc dbc          # WRONG

perl t/test.pl DBC dbc dbc              # RIGHT!

Building For Microsoft Windows

You'll need the nmake utility, available with the various Visual Studio tools. You'll also need to make sure your command prompt is configured to find nmake; see the Visual Studio documents for how to do that.

To build:

perl Makefile.pl	# use a perl that's in your PATH
nmake
nmake install

Building For UNIX/Linux

perl Makefile.pl	# use a perl that's in your PATH
make
make install

IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS

Please read the doc/index.html file which includes important information, including tips and workarounds for various platform-specific problems.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

For the latest DBD::Teradata information, please see http://www.presicient.com/tdatdbd.html.

Bug reports/Comments/suggestions/enhancement requests may be sent to mailto:support@presicient.com.

Please note: This free version of DBD::Teradata is a minimal implementation of the commercially supported version. Refer to http://www.presicient.com/tdatdbd for details on the differences.

MAILING LISTS

As a user or maintainer of a local copy of DBD::Teradata, you need to be aware of the following addresses:

The DBI mailing lists located at

dbi-announce@perl.org          for announcements
dbi-dev@perl.org               for developer/maintainer discussions
dbi-users@perl.org             for end user level discussion and help

Refer to http://dbi.perl.org/support/ for details on subscribing to these lists.

COPYRIGHT, AUTHOR, and LICENSE

Copyright(C) 2001-2007, Presicient Corporation, USA. All rights reserved.

Permission is granted to use this software according to the terms of the Perl Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file, with the exception that commercial redistribution, either electronic or via physical media, as either a standalone package, or incorporated into a third party product, requires prior written approval of the copyright holder.

This software 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.

Presicient Corp. reserves the right to provide support for this software to individual sites under a separate (possibly fee-based) agreement.

Teradata(R) is a registed trademark of NCR Corporation.