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       DBD::Teradata - a DBI driver for Teradata

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         use DBI;

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

       See the _D_B_I manpage for more information.

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       Refer to the included tdatdbd.html, or
       http://home.earthlink.net/~darnold/tdatdbd.html for
       detailed information.

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               Build, test and install Perl 5 (minimum version 5.005).
               It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!

               Build, test and install the DBI module (minimum version 1.13).
               It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!

               Remember to *read* the DBI README, this README, and the included
               tdatdbd.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 tdatdbd.html. Please refer to tdatdbd.html for
               detailed usage information.


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               Define the following environment variables:
               (These are used to logon the sessions for the test.pl script.)

                       TDAT_DBD_DSN - set to your DBMS's hostname (e.g., 'dbccop1')
                       TDAT_DBD_USER - set to the userid that has about 4 MBytes of
                               perm space and can create/drop tables and macros
                       TDAT_DBD_PASSWORD - set to the password for aforementioned userid













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Teradata(3)    User Contributed Perl Documentation    Teradata(3)


               For Windows 95/98/2000/ME/NT:

               Save us all a great deal of agony, and just copy Teradata.pm
               to your site-specific lib\DBD directory (e.g., \perl\site\lib\DBD
               for most ActiveState configurations) (backup your old copy if you're
               upgrading!!!), and then copy test.pl somewhere and run

                       perl -w test.pl

               and make sure you get all the way to the
               "Tests completed ok, exitting..." output at the end.

               For non-Windows:

           perl Makefile.pl    # use a perl that's in your PATH
           make
           make test                   # will spew results to STDOUT,
                                               # messages to STDERR,
                                               # and create a tdrawtest.out file
           make install (if the tests look okay)


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


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           For the latest DBD::Teradata information, please see

               http://home.earthlink.net/~darnold/tdatdbd.html

           Bug reports/Comments/suggestions/enhancement requests may be sent to

               darnold@earthlink.net

           Please see the following files for more information:
               tdatdbd.html - the User's Guide

       =head2 *** CHANGE HISTORY

               Release 1.12    Dec 10, 2000

                       - fixed datainfo problem on non-Intel platforms








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               Release 1.11    Dec 10, 2000

                       - added tdat_lsn, tdat_clone, tdat_keepresp, and tdat_utility attributes
                       - added support for FASTLOAD, EXPORT, and MONITOR utility sessions
                       - added bind_param_inout() function
                       - added BindParamArray(), BindColArray(), and FirstAvailList()
                               driver-specific function
                       - fixed sth->rows(), and improved dbh->do() behavior
                       - improved error reporting on failed DBI->connect() calls

               Release 1.10    Nov 12, 2000

                       - first official CPAN release


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           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@fugue.com          for announcements
               dbi-dev@fugue.com               for developer/maintainer discussions
               dbi-users@fugue.com             for end user level discussion and help

           To subscribe or unsubscribe to each individual list you may use the
           WWW at

               http://www.fugue.com/dbi

           or email at the following addresses

               dbi-announce-request@fugue.com
               dbi-dev-request@fugue.com
               dbi-users-request@fugue.com

           with your request in the body of the message.

           The Teradata mailing list is managed and archived at

               http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/tdata-l.html

           You should subscribe to this list for Teradata-specific help and info.
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