DBD::SybaseASE is the Adaptive Server database driver for the Perl scripting language.
The DBD::SybaseASE database driver for the Perl scripting language is called through the generic Perl DBI interface and translates Perl DBI API calls into a form that is understood by Adaptive Server through the Open Client SDK using CT-Library.
Using DBI and DBD::SybaseASE, your Perl scripts can directly access Adaptive Server Enterprise database servers.
The generic Perl DBI API specification defines a set of methods that provide a database interface that is independent of the actual database being used.
The Perl DBI programmable API calls are documented at http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.616/DBI.pm .
The following diagram describes how data is moved through the required components.
Access to an Adaptive Server database using the Perl programming language requires the following components:
For information about platform support, see the Software Developers Kit and Open Server Installation Guide for your platform.
The Sybase® installer does not check for a Perl installation or if the driver dependencies are installed on the target system.