At 21:51 +0200 9/22/02, Thoenen, Peter Mr. EPS wrote: >Following this conversation myself (also a perl db newbie :) ... before >always just used php) and curious if you know definitely what db vendor you >are going to be using (mysql in this case), any reason to use dbi; as >opposed to just using vendor specific or net::mysql; . Is it just a >portability issue?
The reason to use DBI is that you can't use *any* of the vendor specific DBD-level drivers without it. It's not an either-one-or-the-other question. It's both or neither. DBI is useless without at least one driver for connecting to a specific database. DBD::<vendor> is useless without DBI; Perl scripts don't communcate directly with DBD drivers. They communicate with DBI, which speaks to the database through the driver. Haven't used Net::MySQL, so cannot comment on that. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
