Bug #8244 for DBD-Informix: DBD::Informix 2003.04 does not compile properly with CSDK 2.90.UC1

Yes - a known problem. A new release of DBD::Informix will be released shortly with a revised Makefile.PL that recognizes this deviation from normal versioning. The problem is that DBD::Informix uses ESQL/C from the Informix ClientSDK product. The current version of CSDK is 2.81.UCx, and the version of ESQL/C in that is 9.53.UCx. The next version of CSDK is 2.90.UC1, but the version of ESQL/C contained in it is ESQL/C 2.90.UC1. While I sympathize with wanting to synchronize version numbers, it does make it hard to deal with when software conditions its compilation on the ESQL/C version number. (I note that ESQL/C has had versions from 1.10 through 2.10, and 4.00 through 9.53, but never previously had anything version 2.9x, so it is not reusing a version number - that would be really, really bad - but it has had many other versions, dating back to 1985.) So, the code in DBD::Informix that works on the ESQL/C version number got caught by surprise - and will be fixed. -- Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> <jleffler@us.ibm.com> Guardian of DBD::Informix 2003.04 -- see http://dbi.perl.org/ "I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it!"