On 14:13 13 Jan 2002, Jake McHenry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 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.
Always 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, This is false. | 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. You can. Make sure your perl has the DBI modules and the DBD::Msql-mysql... module. | 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? No. Just install in your perl libraries and go. | 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. This isn't too hard. Make some tables. Access the tables. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ I guess what really peeves me is that these stupid comments are taken SERIOUSLY by the gnomes that run this university, they'll be carefully perused by the morons who decide on my salary, some little half-wit who moans that learning is *BORING* will be having an impact on my ability to pay my bills. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
