AFAIK the mysqladmin tool doesn't really do anything else than alter the predefined database called mysql that's in charge of all the configuraton of the other databases - why not simply alter that DB with the DBI? i think the mysql docs describe the db-structure in more detail...
just my two cents (ha! finally us europeans can say that, too! :-) M. > -----Original Message----- > From: William R Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: mysqladmin tasks from Perl? > > > > I have passwords enabled in my MySQL server, and it's rather > unpleasant having to deal with the mysqladmin program from a > Perl script. For example, installing the software means you > have to create the database that it uses, which requires a > separate password command. Is there any way to do these > tasks through DBD::msyql? > > --Bill. > > -- > William R Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.wards.net/~bill/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the > precipitate. >
