http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.611/DBI.pm#data_sources
This is how you can check for existence of a database. - Ashish On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Sharma, Sumit <sumit.sha...@aeroflex.com>wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am trying to use Perl to identify if a given database exists or not > and if it doesn't create the database and then connect to it. > > > > Is there any way using Perl DBI to first identify whether a given > database exists or not if it doesn't create the database? > > > > Sumit > > > Notice: This e-mail is intended solely for use of the individual or entity > to which it is > addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, > company confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader is not > the intended > recipient or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended > recipient, you are > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this > communication is > strictly prohibited. If this communication has been transmitted from a U.S. > location it may > also contain data subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations > or U.S. Export > Administration Regulations and cannot be disseminated, distributed or > copied to foreign > nationals, residing in the U.S. or abroad, without the prior approval of > the U.S. Department > of State or appropriate export licensing authority. If you have received > this communication > in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail or collect telephone > call and delete or > destroy all copies of this e-mail message, any physical copies made of this > e-mail message > and/or any file attachment(s). > >
