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DBD::mysql - mSQL and mysql drivers for the Perl5 Database Interface |
DBD::mSQL / DBD::mysql - mSQL and mysql drivers for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
use DBI;
$driver = "mSQL"; # or "mSQL1";
$dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, undef, undef);
or
$driver = "mysql";
$dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password);
$drh = DBI->install_driver("mysql");
@databases = $drh->func($host, $port, '_ListDBs');
@tables = $dbh->func( '_ListTables' );
$sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bla");
or
$sth = $dbh->prepare("LISTFIELDS $table");
or
$sth = $dbh->prepare("LISTINDEX $table $index");
$sth->execute;
$numRows = $sth->rows;
$numFields = $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'};
$sth->finish;
$rc = $drh->func('createdb', $database, $host, $user, $password, 'admin');
$rc = $drh->func('dropdb', $database, $host, $user, $password, 'admin');
$rc = $drh->func('shutdown', $host, $user, $password, 'admin');
$rc = $drh->func('reload', $host, $user, $password, 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func('createdb', $database, 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func('dropdb', $database, 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func('shutdown', 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func('reload', 'admin');
This package contains experimental software and should *not* be used in a production environment. We are following the Linux convention and treat the ``even'' releases (1.18xx as of this writing, perhaps 1.20xx, 1.22xx, ... in the future) as stable. Only bug or portability fixes will go into these releases.
The ``odd'' releases (1.19xx as of this writing, perhaps 1.21xx, 1.23xx in the future) will be used for testing new features or other serious code changes.
DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL are the Perl5 Database Interface drivers for the mysql, mSQL 1.x and mSQL 2.x databases. The drivers are part of the Msql-Mysql-modules package.
In other words: DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql are an interface between the Perl programming language and the mSQL or mysql programming API that come with the mSQL any mysql relational database management systems. Most functions provided by the respective programming API's are supported. Some rarely used functions are missing, mainly because noone ever requested them. :-)
In what follows we first discuss the use of DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL, because this is what you will need the most. For installation, see the sections on INSTALLATION, WIN32 INSTALLATION, KNOWN PROBLEMS and KNOWN BUGS below. See EXAMPLE for a simple example below.
From perl you activate the interface with the statement
use DBI;
After that you can connect to multiple mSQL or MySQL database servers and send multiple queries to any of them via a simple object oriented interface. Two types of objects are available: database handles and statement handles. Perl returns a database handle to the connect method like so:
$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mSQL:database=$db;host=$host",
undef, undef, {RaiseError => 1});
or
$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$db;host=$host",
$user, $password, {RaiseError => 1});
Once you have connected to a database, you can can execute SQL statements with:
my $query = sprintf("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (%d, %s)",
$number, $dbh->quote("name"));
$dbh->do($query);
See DBI(3) for details on the quote and do methods. An alternative approach is
$dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (?, ?)", undef,
$number, $name);
in which case the quote method is executed automatically. See also the bind_param method in DBI(3). See DATABASE HANDLES below for more details on database handles.
If you want to retrieve results, you need to create a so-called statement handle with:
$sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM $table");
$sth->execute();
This statement handle can be used for multiple things. First of all you can retreive a row of data:
my $row = $sth->fetchow_hashref();
If your table has columns ID and NAME, then $row will be hash ref with keys ID and NAME. See STATEMENT HANDLES below for more details on statement handles.
But now for a more formal approach:
use DBI;
$driver = "mSQL"; # or "mSQL1"
$dsn = "DBI:$driver:$database";
$dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, undef, undef);
or
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:$database";
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$database;host=$hostname";
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password);
A database must always be specified.
Should the mysql or mSQL daemon be running on a non-standard port number,
you may explicitly state the port number to connect to in the hostname
argument, by concatenating the hostname and port number together
separated by a colon ( : ) character or by using the port argument.
This doesn't work for mSQL 2: You have to create an alternative config
file and load it using the msql_configfile attribute, see below.
DBI->connect("DBI:mSQL:test;msql_configfile=msql_test.conf");
If the filename is not absolute, mSQL will search in certain other
locations, see the documentation of the msqlLoadConfigFile() function
in the mSQL manual for details.
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:test;mysql_read_default_file=/home/joe/my.cnf";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password)
The option mysql_read_default_group can be used to specify the default group in the config file: Usually this is the client group, but see the following example:
[perl]
host=perlhost
[client]
host=localhost
If you read this config file, then you'll be typically connected to localhost. However, by using
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:test;mysql_read_default_group=perl;"
. "mysql_read_default_file=/home/joe/my.cnf";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password);
you'll be connected to perlhost. See the (missing :-) documentation
of the C function mysql_options() for details.
mysql_socket=/dev/mysql
Usually there's no need for this option, unless you are using another location for the socket than that built into the client.
my $drh = DBI->install_driver("mysql");
@dbs = $drh->func("$hostname:$port", '_ListDBs');
@dbs = $drh->func($hostname, $port, '_ListDBs');
@dbs = $dbh->func('_ListDBs');
Returns a list of all databases managed by the mysql daemon or
mSQL daemon running on $hostname, port $port. This method
is rarely needed for databases running on localhost: You should
use the portable method
@dbs = DBI->data_sources("mysql");
or
@dbs = DBI->data_sources("mSQL");
whenever possible. It is a design problem of this method, that there's
no way of supplying a host name or port number to data_sources, that's
the only reason why we still support ListDBs. :-(
@tables = $dbh->func('_ListTables');
Once connected to the desired database on the desired mysql or mSQL
mSQL daemon with the DBI-connect()> method, we may extract a list
of the tables that have been created within that database.
ListTables returns an array containing the names of all the tables
present within the selected database. If no tables have been created,
an empty list is returned.
@tables = $dbh->func( '_ListTables' );
foreach $table ( @tables ) {
print "Table: $table\n";
}
$rc = $drh->func("createdb", $dbname, [host, user, password,], 'admin');
$rc = $drh->func("dropdb", $dbname, [host, user, password,], 'admin');
$rc = $drh->func("shutdown", [host, user, password,], 'admin');
$rc = $drh->func("reload", [host, user, password,], 'admin');
or
$rc = $dbh->func("createdb", $dbname, 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func("dropdb", $dbname, 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func("shutdown", 'admin');
$rc = $dbh->func("reload", 'admin');
For server administration you need a server connection. For obtaining this connection you have two options: Either use a driver handle (drh) and supply the appropriate arguments (host, defaults localhost, user, defaults to '' and password, defaults to ''). A driver handle can be obtained with
$drh = DBI->install_driver('mysql');
Otherwise reuse the existing connection of a database handle (dbh).
There's only one function available for administrative purposes, comparable to the m(y)sqladmin programs. The command being execute depends on the first argument:
It should be noted that database deletion is not prompted for in any way. Nor is it undo-able from DBI.
Once you issue the dropDB() method, the database will be gone!
These method should be used at your own risk.
The DBD::mysql driver supports the following attributes of database handles (read only):
$infoString = $dbh->{'info'};
$threadId = $dbh->{'thread_id'};
$insertId = $dbh->{'mysql_insertid'}
These correspond to mysql_info(), mysql_thread_id() and mysql_insertid(),
respectively.
The statement handles of DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL support a number of attributes. You access these by using, for example,
my $numFields = $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'};
Note, that most attributes are valid only after a successfull execute.
An undef value will returned in that case. The most important exception
is the mysql_use_result attribute: This forces the driver to use
mysql_use_result rather than mysql_store_result. The former is faster
and less memory consuming, but tends to block other processes. (That's why
mysql_store_result is the default.)
To set the mysql_use_result attribute, use either of the following:
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("QUERY", { "mysql_use_result" => 1});
or
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("QUERY");
$sth->{"mysql_use_result"} = 1;
Column dependent attributes, for example NAME, the column names, are returned as a reference to an array. The array indices are corresponding to the indices of the arrays returned by fetchrow and similar methods. For example the following code will print a header of table names together with all rows:
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM $table");
if (!$sth) {
die "Error:" . $dbh->errstr . "\n";
}
if (!$sth->execute) {
die "Error:" . $sth->errstr . "\n";
}
my $names = $sth->{'NAME'};
my $numFields = $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'};
for (my $i = 0; $i < $numFields; $i++) {
printf("%s%s", $$names[$i], $i ? "," : "");
}
print "\n";
while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref) {
for (my $i = 0; $i < $numFields; $i++) {
printf("%s%s", $$ref[$i], $i ? "," : "");
}
print "\n";
}
For portable applications you should restrict yourself to attributes with capitalized or mixed case names. Lower case attribute names are private to DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql. The attribute list includes:
Certain metadata functions of mSQL and mysql that are available on the C API level, haven't been implemented here. Instead they are implemented as ``SQL extensions'' because they return in fact nothing else but the equivalent of a statement handle. These are:
The statement attribute TYPE has changed its meaning, as of Msql-Mysql-modules 1.19_19. Formerly it used to be the an array of native engine's column types, but it is now an array of portable SQL column types. The old attribute is still available as mysql_type or msql_type, respectively.
The Msql-Mysql-modules are a moving target, due to a number of reasons:
This means that a lot of things had to and have to be changed. As I am not interested in maintaining a lot of compatibility kludges, which only increase the drivers code without being really usefull, I did and will remove some features, methods or attributes.
To ensure a smooth upgrade, the following policy will be applied:
$DBD::mysql = 1;
In the docs the feature will be moved from the list of obsolete features to the list of deprecated features. See Deprecated Features below.
Example: The statement handle attribute
$sth->{'LENGTH'}
was declared obsolete in Msql-Mysql-modules 1.18xy. It is considered deprecated in Msql-Mysql-modules 1.20xy (current as of this writing) and will finally be removed in Msql-Mysql-modules 1.22xy.
$dbh->tables()
See also $dbh->table_info(). Portable applications will prefer
@tables = map { $_ =~ s/.*\.//; $_ } $dbh->tables()
because, depending on the engine, the string ``user.table'' will be returned, user being the table owner. The method will be deprecated in 1.23_xy and 1.24xy and removed in 1.25_xy and 1.26xy.
$dbh->func('_InsertID');
can be replaced with
$dbh->{'mysql_insertid'};
The method is deprecated as of 1.21_xy, thus it will be removed in 1.23_xy and 1.24xy.
All of the above statement handle attributes are not conforming to DBI's naming conventions, thus they have been declared deprecated in 1.20xy. However, I forgot to insert warnings in the driver. These warnings have been inserted in 1.21_07, thus the attributes will be removed in 1.23_xy and 1.24xy.
In most of the above cases the driver name has been added and the resulting name was lowercased. For example, you use
$sth->{'mysql_is_num'};
now. IS_NOT_NULL can be replaced with NULLABLE (note you need to invert the logical value!), LENGTH, format_max_size and format_default_size will be dropped in favour of PRECISION, affected_rows and NUMROWS are identical with
$sth->rows();
and NUMFIELDS is the same as NUM_OF_FIELDS. Finally format_right_justify is the same as mysql_type_name.
$dbh->func($db, '_CreateDB');
$dbh->func($db, '_DropDB');
have been used for creating or dropping databases. They have been removed in 1.21_07 in favour of
$drh->func("createdb", $dbname, $host, "admin")
$drh->func("dropdb", $dbname, $host, "admin")
$sth = $dbh->func($table, '_ListFields');
has been used to list a tables columns names, types and other attributes. This method has been removed in 1.21_07 in favour of
$sth = $dbh->prepare("LISTFIELDS $table");
$sth->func('_ListSelectedFields');
use to return a hash ref of attributes like 'IS_NUM', 'IS_KEY' and so on. These attributes are now accessible via
$sth->{'mysql_is_num'};
$sth->{'mysql_is_key'};
and so on. Thus the method has been removed in 1.21_07.
$sth->func('_NumRows');
used to be equivalent to
$sth->rows();
and has been removed in 1.21_07.
The multithreading capabilities of the Msql-Mysql-modules depend completely on the underlying C libraries: The modules are working with handle data only, no global variables are accessed or (to the best of my knowledge) thread unsafe functions are called. Thus DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql are completely thread safe, if the C libraries thread safe and you don't share handles among threads.
The obvious questions is: Are the C libraries thread safe? In the case of mSQL the answer is definitely ``no''. The C library has a concept of one single active connection at a time and that is not what threads like.
In the case of MySQL the answer is ``mostly'' and, in theory, you should be able to get a ``yes'', if the C library is compiled for being thread safe (By default it isn't.) by passing the option -with-thread-safe-client to configure. See the section on How to make a threadsafe client in the manual.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use DBI();
# Connect to the database.
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=test;host=localhost",
"joe", "joe's password",
{'RaiseError' => 1});
# Drop table 'foo'. This may fail, if 'foo' doesn't exist.
eval { $dbh->do("DROP TABLE foo") };
print "Dropping foo failed: $@\n" if $@;
# Create a new table 'foo'. This must not fail, thus we don't
# catch errors.
$dbh->do("CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER, name VARCHAR(20)");
# INSERT some data into 'foo'. We are using $dbh->quote() for
# quoting the name.
$dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1, " . $dbh->quote("Tim") . ")");
# Same thing, but using placeholders
$dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (?, ?)", undef, 2, "Jochen");
# Now retrieve data from the table.
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM foo");
$sth->execute();
while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
print "Found a row: id = $ref->{'id'}, name = $ref->{'name'}\n";
}
$sth->finish();
# Disconnect from the database. $dbh->disconnect();
Windows users may skip this section and pass over to WIN32 INSTALLATION below. Others, go on reading.
First you need to install the DBI module. For using dbimon, a simple DBI shell it is recommended to install Data::ShowTable another Perl module.
I recommend trying automatic installation via the CPAN module. Try
perl -MCPAN -e shell
If you are using the CPAN module for the first time, it will prompt you a lot of questions. If you finally receive the CPAN prompt, enter
install Bundle::DBD::mSQL
or
install Bundle::DBD::mysql
If this fails (which may be the case for a number of reasons, for example because you are behind a firewall or don't have network access), you need to do a manual installation. First of all you need to fetch the archives from any CPAN mirror, for example
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module
The following archives are required (version numbers may have changed, I choose those which are current as of this writing):
DBI/DBI-1.06.tar.gz Data/Data-ShowTable-3.3.tar.gz DBD/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017.tar.gz
Then enter the following commands:
gzip -cd DBI-1.06.tar.gz | tar xf - cd DBI-1.06 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install
cd .. gzip -cd Data-ShowTable-3.3.tar.gz | tar xf - cd Data-ShowTable-3.3 perl Makefile.PL make make install # Don't try make test, the test suite is broken
cd .. gzip -cd Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017.tar.gz | tar xf - cd Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install
During ``perl Makefile.PL'' you will be prompted some questions. In particular you have to choose the installed drivers (MySQL, mSQL2 and/or mSQL1). The MySQL driver will be called DBD::mysql, a single mSQL driver will be called DBD::mSQL. If you want to support both mSQL1 and mSQL2, they former will be DBD::mSQL1.
Other questions are the directories with header files and libraries. For example, of your file mysql.h is in /usr/include/mysql/mysql.h, then enter the header directory /usr, likewise for /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a or /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so. For mSQL go looking for msql.h (typically in /usr/include/msql.h and libmsql.a (probably in /usr/lib/libmsql.a).
See the KNOWN PROBLEMS section below if you encounter any problems within ``make'' or ``make test''.
I have never attempted to install DBD::mSQL under Win32, so this is only for MySQL. If anyone succeeds, please let me know what you did.
If you are using the ActiveState port of Perl, there's a binary package of DBD::mysql available at www.tcx.se, see the download page. This can be installed with ppm. Otherwise it is recommended to use a binary distribution of Perl that already includes DBD::mysql. For example you find one at www.tcx.se.
Otherwise you definitely *need* a C compiler. And it *must* be the same compiler that was being used for compiling Perl itself. If you don't have a C compiler, the file README.win32 from the Perl source distribution tells you where to obtain freely distributable C compilers like egcs or gcc. The Perl sources are available on any CPAN mirror in the src directory, for example
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz
I recommend using the win32clients package for installing DBD::mysql under Win32, available for download on www.tcx.se. The following steps have been required for me:
IMPORTANT: Make sure this subdirectory is not shared by other TCX files! In particular do *not* store the MySQL server in the same directory. If the server is already installed in C:\mysql, choose a location like C:\tmp, extract the win32clients there. Note that you can remove this directory entirely once you have installed the Msql-Mysql-modules.
nmake realclean
If you don't have VC++, replace nmake with your flavour of make. If error messages are reported in this step, you may safely ignore them.
perl Makefile.PL
which will prompt you for some settings. The really important ones are:
Which DBMS do you want to use?
enter a 1 here (MySQL only), and
Where is your mysql installed? Please tell me the directory that contains the subdir include.
where you have to enter the win32clients directory, for example C:\mysql or C:\tmp\mysql.
nmake nmake install
See the first section of KNOWN PROBLEMS below.
If you want to create a PPM package for the ActiveState Perl version, then modify the above steps as follows: Run
perl Makefile.PL NAME=DBD-mysql BINARY_LOCATION=DBD-mysql.tar.gz nmake ppd nmake
Once that is done, use tar and gzip (for example those from the CygWin32 distribution) to create an archive:
mkdir x86 tar cf x86/DBD-mysql.tar blib gzip x86/DBD-mysql.tar
Put the files x86/DBD-mysql.tar.gz and DBD-mysql.ppd onto some WWW server and install them by typing
install http://your.server.name/your/directory/DBD-mysql.ppd
in the PPM program.
t/00base............install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load '../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' for module DBD::mysql: ../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _umoddi3 at /usr/local/perl-5.005/lib/5.005/i586-linux-thread/DynaLoader.pm line 168.
This means, that your linker doesn't include libgcc.a. You have the following options:
LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/lib/mysql:/lib" egcs -o ../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so -shared -L/usr/local/lib dbdimp.o mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lm
Repeat the same line in the shell by adding
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/gcc-2.7.2.3 -lgcc
where the directory is the location of libgcc.a. The best choice for locating this file is executing
gcc --print-libgcc-file
or
gcc -v
install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i586-linux/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' for module DBD::mysql: File not found at /usr/lib/perl5/i586-linux/5.00404/DynaLoader.pm line 166
then this error message can be misleading: It's not mysql.so that fails being loaded, but libmysqlclient.so!
As a workaround, recompile the Msql-Mysql-modules with
perl Makefile.PL --static --config make make test make install
This option forces linkage against the static libmysqlclient.a.
t/akmisc............Can't connect to MSQL server on localhost at t/akmisc.t line 131 Cannot connect: Can't connect to MSQL server on localhost It looks as if your server (on localhost) is not up and running. This test requires a running server. Please make sure your server is running and retry. dubious Test returned status 10 (wstat 2560, 0xa00)
If this is the case, try to change the value of ``Remote_Access'' in your msql.conf file to ``True''. If the value was set intentionally, you might restore the old value after the tests ran ok.
*** dbd/dbdimp.c.orig Wed Sep 23 14:39:33 1998
--- dbd/dbdimp.c Fri Oct 02 10:37:16 1998
***************
*** 1708,1712 ****
--- 1709,1720 ----
}
return TRUE;
}
+
+ #if !defined(_UNIX_) && defined(WIN32)
+ int pthread_cond_init()
+ {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ #endif
#endif
(I could make this part of the source distribution, but I think this is an ugly hack and hopefully Monty will fix the missing symbol in the next release of MyODBC.)
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:59:07 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Barry Lagerweij <barry@euromedia.nl>
> To: weder@arch.ethz.ch
> Cc: msql-jdbc@list.imaginary.com, support@hughes.com.au
> Subject: [MSQL-JDBC]: mSQL 2.0.4.1 ORDER BY bug
>
> Hello Andreas,
>
> I read your message concerning the mSQL ORDER BY bug, since I suffered
> from the same problems.
>
> I dived into the source, and came up with a solution: in avl_tree.c, the
> copy/compare functions do not take the first (aka NULL) byte into account.
> mSQL 2.0.4.1 supports NULL values, but these are not handled correctly in
> the index functions. The following patch corrects this :
>
> ----------------cut here----------------
>
> *** avl_tree.c.orig Mon Jul 13 14:22:31 1998
> --- avl_tree.c Mon Jul 13 15:37:59 1998
> ***************
> *** 218,223 ****
> --- 218,224 ----
> *dst;
> avltree *tree;
> {
> + *dst++ = *src++;
> switch(tree->sblk->keyType)
> {
> case AVL_INT:
> ***************
> *** 529,534 ****
> --- 530,538 ----
> *v2;
> avltree *tree;
> {
> + int i;
> +
> + if ((i = (*v1++ - *v2++)) != 0) return(i);
> switch(tree->sblk->keyType)
> {
> case AVL_INT:
>
> -------------cut here------------------
The port part of the first argument to the connect call is implemented in an unsafe way when using mSQL. In fact it is just setting the environment variable MSQL_TCP_PORT during the connect call. If another connect call uses another port and the handles are used simultaneously, they will interfere. I doubt that this will ever change.
The current versions of DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql is almost completely written by Jochen Wiedmann (joe@ispsoft.de). The first version's author was Alligator Descartes(descarte@symbolstone.org), who has been aided and abetted by Gary Shea, Andreas König and Tim Bunce amongst others.
The Msql and Mysql modules have originally been written by Andreas König <koenig@kulturbox.de>. The current version, mainly an emulation layer, is from Jochen Wiedmann.
This module is Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Jochen Wiedmann, with code portions Copyright (c)1994-1997 their original authors. This module is released under the same license as Perl itself. See the Perl README for details.
This module is maintained and supported on a mailing list,
msql-mysql-modules@lists.mysql.com
To subscribe to this list, send a mail to
msql-mysql-modules-subscribe@lists.mysql.com
or
msql-mysql-modules-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com
Mailing list archives are available at
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Additionally you might try the dbi-user mailing list for questions about DBI and its modules in general. Subscribe via
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Additional information on the DBI project can be found on the World Wide Web at the following URL:
http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI
where documentation, pointers to the mailing lists and mailing list archives and pointers to the most current versions of the modules can be used.
Information on the DBI interface itself can be gained by typing:
perldoc DBI
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