Date sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:29:05 -0700
From: Jeff Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Bodo Eing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: .htpasswd and DBD::CSV
Jeff
> >
> > regarding the items you mentioned above, true. But *DBD::CSV does not work
> > with files containing periods the file name*,
>
> Not quite right, see below.
>
> > because the file names are used
> > as the table names by the SQL Layer on top of Text::CSV_XS.
>
> Right, because a period in a table name has a specific meaning in SQL,
> different than the one it does in a file system.
>
> That's why DBD::AnyData uses a catalog statement to associate a file
> name with a table name:
>
> $dbh->func( 'htp', 'CSV', '.htpasswd','ad_catalog')
>
> That says to use the alias "htp" to refer to the CSV formatted table
> held in the file ".htpasswd". The period is legal in the file name but
> not in the table name.
>
> The same kind of thing is also available in DBD::CSV with the csv_tables
> hash:
>
> $dbh->{csv_tables}->{htp}->{file} = '.htpasswd';
I believe that this line is what the original poster aimed at. Thanks!
Bodo
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