Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Dr.Ruud
Richard Lee schreef: Your posting is a reply to a posting that it has nothing to do with. Next time just start fresh. I want to start learning about sql and how it interacts w/ perl. My rough idea is to install mysql server and read some books to start playing w/ it along w/ perl. Any

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Rob Dixon
Dr.Ruud wrote: Your posting is a reply to a posting that it has nothing to do with. Next time just start fresh. Yes indeed. It may seem like a simple way to make a new post to the group, but if you start by creating a reply and emptying the content, those of us with email clients that

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Daniel Kasak
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 23:24 -0400, Richard Lee wrote: Hello guys, I want to start learning about sql and how it interacts w/ perl. Great :) If you want to create nice GUI apps that talk to databases, check out my projects at: http://entropy.homelinux.org/axis Dan -- To unsubscribe,

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Lee
Dr.Ruud wrote: Richard Lee schreef: Your posting is a reply to a posting that it has nothing to do with. Next time just start fresh. I want to start learning about sql and how it interacts w/ perl. My rough idea is to install mysql server and read some books to start playing w/ it along

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Francisco Valladolid
Hi Richard I Recommended using PostgreSQL over MySQL, if you need begin, postgresql is the best choice. Now, if you need do basic things in SQL, then use SQLite (it no need a working daemon), it is simple and functional. You need the DBI mechanism installed in you computer, followed by the

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Rob Dixon
Francisco Valladolid wrote: I want to start learning about sql and how it interacts w/ perl. My rough idea is to install mysql server and read some books to start playing w/ it along w/ perl. Any advice? For now, I just plan to go through the book 'mysql and perl for the web' If

RE: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Bob McConnell
---Original Message- From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I Recommended using PostgreSQL over MySQL, if you need begin, postgresql is the best choice. That is a divisive comment, and a matter of opinion. What it really boils down to is that PostgreSQL is better-featured but

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Rob Dixon
Bob McConnell wrote: ---Original Message- From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I Recommended using PostgreSQL over MySQL, if you need begin, postgresql is the best choice. That is a divisive comment, and a matter of opinion. What it really boils down to is that PostgreSQL is

RE: sql and perl

2008-04-28 Thread Andrew Curry
-Original Message- From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 April 2008 17:53 To: beginners@perl.org Cc: Francisco Valladolid Subject: Re: sql and perl Francisco Valladolid wrote: I want to start learning about sql and how it interacts w/ perl. My rough idea is to install

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-27 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi, You didn't say if you are running Windows, Linux or something else... If you have Linux, you probably already have perl. If you use Windows, get and install perl from www.activestate.com. You must also get and install MySQL from www.mysql.com if you don't have it installed. Then you

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-27 Thread Richard Lee
Octavian Rasnita wrote: Hi, You didn't say if you are running Windows, Linux or something else... If you have Linux, you probably already have perl. If you use Windows, get and install perl from www.activestate.com. You must also get and install MySQL from www.mysql.com if you don't have

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-26 Thread J. Peng
First you should learn some basic knowledge about Mysql systems and SQL statement. Before you try to connect to a Mysql server with Perl, you should install Mysql client and DBD::mysql and DBI on your host. Then you could read the document for DBI, and try to program with it. The book you

Re: sql and perl

2008-04-26 Thread Richard Lee
J. Peng wrote: First you should learn some basic knowledge about Mysql systems and SQL statement. Before you try to connect to a Mysql server with Perl, you should install Mysql client and DBD::mysql and DBI on your host. Then you could read the document for DBI, and try to program with it. The