Ok, well, it's not my choice. My boss told me on Friday that he wan't to be using a MySQL database because it would be better. I don't ask questions. Right now, the perl scripts that I have wrote, write all the info to a plain text file. I know by using MySQL it would be more secure, but there are no reasons that I know of why it sould be more secure. I have our network locked down pretty tight, and the only people that have access to the actual text file is my boss and I. If it would be easier to just stick with what I know, perl, that would be great. When I compiled apache last time, I didn't include any perl options, so would I have to recompile it to add the DBI functions?
answers to questions ... 1) the user enters data (general info, cc #, flight plans, etc.) and it writes it to a plain text file. 2) it's not using MySQL 3) Just so that it uses MySQL, all the data we currently have, and future data, needs to be converted into a MySQL database. Thanks, Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Talkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: Re: MySQL > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jake McHenry wrote: > > >Hello everyone. I am kinda disturbed about what my boss wants me to > >do. I have spent the past 6 months creating a web-based database all > >with perl scripts. It works great! But he now want's me to convert > >it to MySQL. I have MySQL installed, up and running. I can connect > >to it from the local machine. > > > >The problem is, what do I do now? I've read articles on using MySQL > >and PHP together for web access, but I don't have PHP installed. How > >else can I access the database? Say maybe using perl? > > Ok, hold the fone, phriend. This is all very vague and makes no > sense to me. > > Please answer these questions, for your own benefit and for ours: > > 1. What goal does your application currently accomplish? > > 2. What goal does it not accomplish that your boss would like to > accomplish? > > 3. What exactly are you being asked to change to in order to satisfy > #2? > > So far in this thread, I haven't even been able to figure out what > you're trying to do, let alone why you think PHP will help you! > Maybe what you meant to say was "convert it to PHP", instead of > "convert it to MySQL"? If so, the answers to #1 and #2 above will > help us a lot, even if the response turns out to be "you don't need to > do that". Perl is perfectly capable of talking to MySQL. > > Peace, and good luck. > > - -d > > - -- > David Talkington > > PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > - -- > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > iQA/AwUBPEHV/L9BpdPKTBGtEQLldACfWXT9ER+IdGJprXCMqpMAU1heHjgAoKAi > di0iV2yAOv63MGDoveUEpV0b > =EJbo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
