Max Maischein wrote: > Hello all, > > I've just created DBD::WMI [1], which you can use to query various > information on Windows (2000, XP, 2003) computers. My driver is a > (very thin) layer between DBI and the Windows WQL query language. The > WMI allows you to query various tables ("namespaces"), like the > filesystem, currently active processes and events: > > SELECT * FROM Win32_Process > > The driver/WMI implements two kinds of queries, finite queries like > the query above and potentially infinite queries for events as they > occur in the system: > > SELECT * FROM __instanceoperationevent > WITHIN 1 > WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_DiskDrive' > > This query returns one row (via ->fetchrow_arrayref() ) whenever a > disk drive gets added to or removed from the system (think USB stick). > > The driver is a very rough draft, lacking documentation, error > checking and other stuff, but it works so far. What's on the plan > already are DSN parameters to specify the credentials and machine to > connect to. Other stuff is welcome - a CPAN release will come soonish. > > What helped me greatly were the DBD::File prototype, but more > importantly, the DBI::DBD documentation was what made me finish the > implementation.
This is really cool. Thanks, Max. Philip