in reply to Database script - run from CD without installing?
You could compile your script as an independent executable using perl2exe or perlapp (activestate). A search on google could yield other compile packages as well. This way you can create a single EXE with all the necessary modules without installing activestate perl. Then you can place the compiled exe and the database on a CD for distribution.
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