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+NAME
+
+  DBD::monetdb - MonetDB Driver for DBI
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+  use DBI();
+
+  my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:monetdb:');
+
+  my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT * FROM env() env');
+  $sth->execute;
+  $sth->dump_results;
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+  DBD::monetdb is a Pure Perl client interface for the MonetDB Database Server.
+  It requires MonetDB::CLI (and one of its implementations).
+
+PREREQUISITES
+
+  DBI
+  MonetDB::CLI
+
+  MonetDB (http://www.monetdb.org/)
+
+INSTALLATION
+
+  To install this module type the following:
+
+    perl Makefile.PL
+    make
+    make test
+    make install
+
+  You need to use the correct make command. That may be nmake or dmake,
+  depending on which development environment you are using.
+
+TESTING
+
+  The supplied tests will connect to the database using the DBI
+  environment variables, e.g.:
+
+    set DBI_DSN=dbi:monetdb:
+    set DBI_DSN=dbi:monetdb:host=localhost
+
+  Don't specify port and language (if possible). The server should
+  listen on the default ports for sql and mapi.
+
+  If the server doesn't accept the default username/password, then
+  set the relevant environment variables, e.g.:
+
+    set DBI_USER=test
+    set DBI_PASS=secret
+
+  Make sure libMapi is in your library search path (depending on the
+  MonetDB::CLI implementations in use).
+
+  The tests will create tables with the name (or prefix) 'perl_dbd_test'
+  in the current schema.
+  Check for the unlikly case that this will cause unwanted side effects!
+
+  To run the tests, type
+
+    make test
+
+  If all tests pass, you'll see something like:
+
+    t/01base.....ok
+    ...
+    t/75mil......ok
+    All tests successful.
+    Files=22, Tests=412, 10 wallclock secs ...
+
+  It is possible to run individual test scripts, e.g.:
+
+    perl -w -Mblib t/02cxn.t
+
+  BTW: You can test the ODBC driver when setting the DSN appropriately, e.g.:
+
+    set DBI_DSN=dbi:ODBC:driver=MonetDB ODBC Driver
+
+AUTHORS
+
+  Martin Kersten <Martin.Kersten@cwi.nlE> implemented the initial Mapi
+  based version of the driver (monet.pm).
+  Arjan Scherpenisse <acscherp@science.uva.nlE> renamed this module to
+  monetdbPP.pm and derived the new MapiLib based version (monetdb.pm).
+  Current maintainer is Steffen Goeldner <sgoeldner@cpan.org>.
+
+COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
+
+  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+  License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+  
+  Copyright 1997 - July 2008 CWI, August 2008 - 2016 MonetDB B.V.