On 11/9/02 11:04 PM, "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree. It's really a drag that you can't use databases very well from > within Perl very easily. I wish that someone would invent a database > inferface for Perl. And it'd be really cool if they'd do it in such > a way that the general interface was portable, so that you could plug > in drivers for particular database engines like MySQL or PostgreSQL or > Oracle or Informix or even flat-file formats like CSV. And then it'd > be neat if someone would invent Perl modules to that would use this > database interface so that you could do things like transfer data in > and out of databases to send information to and from entities like > XML documents or Excel spreadsheets. > > Man! The more I think about it, the more of a bummer it is that > you just can't do this stuff from Perl. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Though I think it is not really necessary - for anyone not getting it: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735710546/ref%3Dcm%5Fbg%5Fd/002-226 0661-0130404> /h --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
