I want to second this recommendation. Using DBD::Proxy
and DBI::ProxyServer is a very good approach
to NT/Unix cross-platform database access. The only
drawback is that you will have one server process more
on the database server. You might have to fiddle with
the default transfer unit lengths if you transfer a lot
of BLOB stuff, like image data or so. I have used this
approach several times at work, and it is the perfect thing
to do if you need the access only for a limited time, like
when you are porting legacy data. Much easier to install
then anything else, IMHO.
Christian Lemburg
Brainbench MVP for Perl
http://www.brainbench.com
