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libwin32 (0.27)

I just want to meet with the author of the Win32::OLE::Variant an say to him "Say hellow to my little friend !!!" - that's how I feel about Variant ...

Unfortunatly if I have to use Win32::OLE, I have to use that crap Variant...

I can't get foreach ... { ... $WMI->GetStringValue($HKLM,$BaseKey.$a, "DisplayName", $sValue); } and if I get mistake the rest of the $sValue will CRASH ...

There is NO WAY I can get $WMI->GetBinaryValue($HKLM,"$BaseKey$enum",$a,$sys_set); ... Variant just desn't work with binnary value ... not any of the examples in the documentation - tried at least 500 different combinations and there is now way it gonna work ... I just feel like I want to grab my PC and mash it on the wall ...

WHY WHY WHY you had to crap the Win32::OLE with that ObjectOriented crap ... Unlike any other language Perl can stuff it's varibles with whatever you whant ... WHY you had to turn it in C++ ... and be like Nooooooo you got to declare what kind of data you gonna use first this half-way working Variant ... WHY WHY WHY


In another words I LOVE Win32::OLE and I hate Win32::OLE::Variant ...

Ivan N - 2007-05-10 12:49:29
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Win32::ODBC / libwin32 (0.191)

I have used this module for over three years and have been quite pleased. However, I have found lately that after Sql 7.0 service pack 3 or Sql 2000 service pack 2 the connections to the database never release. It took a lot of searching to finaly determine that the problem isn't with the module but with the SQL drivers supplied by MS... So I no longer use this module for SQl intense programs, too bad because I love the way it allows you to assign variables to any value returned, plus you aren't limited to fields with names, or 1 element returns or more it can handle a null return unlike win32::OLE which I use now as an ADO connection. Still it is very usefull and I would love to see some new development work done on it.

scott schuler - 2004-11-16 10:04:05
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