Quoting "Paul A. Rubin" <rubin@stripped>:
> >there has to be a driver, so i downloaded it and started ppm and typed
> >intall DBD:Mysql not working ->error : can't find a ppd file
> >so i tried install DBD-Mysql-1.12212.x86.ppd ->error : need absolute
> URL
> >it tried intalle
> c:\windows\desktop\downloads\DBD-mysql-1.12212.x86.ppd
> >->error type 502 type c not supported ...
> >
> >what am i doing wrong and what do i have to do to make this mysql work
> >(the number 1.12212 may be wrong, i don't know it by head ... but that
> is
> >not the problem)
With the *latest* version of ActivePerl this is as simple as
typing
ppm install DBD-mysql