Subj : Re: [fidoperl] MySQL and DBD::mysql
To   : Net Runner
From : David Drummond
Date : Sun Nov 12 2000 02:31 am

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09 Nov 00 17:42, Net Runner wrote to All:

 >> I would like to access it with perl, so I've installed the DBI::pm 
 >> without problem

 NR> Is MySQL for anything other than Linux, and can you write to a 
 NR> database with it or only read from one made with something else like 
Oracle?

MySQL is available for a number of platforms. It is a database server 
daemon/engine not entirely unlike Microsoft's MS SQL Server (only heaps 
cheaper). It understands most ANSI SQL commands, with a few in its own 
"superset".

The DBI (database interface) is perl dependant. If you can run Perl 5.005.etc 
you can run DBI.

THEN you have to find the DBD (database driver) for the particular database 
engine you're accessing. I'm sure there must be a DBD::oracle out there (check 
CPAN, that's where I've been getting this stuff).

The theory is that by using the DBI module, your code would work with almost 
any database engine you can get the DBD for.

Regards,
David

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