Perl prerequisites

Perl is a free, stable, open source, cross-platform programming language licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Perl is a free, stable, open source, cross-platform programming language licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Your Perl scripts access Vertica through its ODBC driver, using the Perl Database Interface (DBI) module with the ODBC Database Driver (DBD::ODBC). The Vertica ODBC driver is known to be compatible with these versions of Perl:

  • 5.8

  • 5.10

Later Perl versions may also work.

Perl drivers

The following Perl driver modules have been tested with the Vertica ODBC driver:

  • The DBI driver module, version 1.609

  • The DBD::ODBC driver module, version 1.22

Other versions may also work.

Supported client systems

The Vertica ODBC driver requires one of the operating systems and driver managers listed in ODBC prerequisites.