Re: (Fwd) DBI t/40profile.t issues

2003-05-29 Thread Tim Bunce
> - Forwarded message from Brant Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Tim - I am having huge issues installing DBI on a Linux RedHat8.0 > server. I need it as a dependency for PerlDesk. Without it I cannot go > any further. I am looking at some issues raised with you in the > following forum,

(Fwd) DBI t/40profile.t issues

2003-05-29 Thread Tim Bunce
- Forwarded message from Brant Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Brant Winter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DBI t/40profile.t issues Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:38:14 +1000 X-MDRemoteIP: 192.168.1.72 X-Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X

RE: unresolved external in DBD::ODBC compile

2003-05-29 Thread Jeff Urlwin
It looks like the .net libraries and compiler are first in the list. I haven't tested with that. I still use VC98 from the command line. Are you building perl with the .net compiler or are you using ActiveState? Jeff > > Hi, > > I downloaded 1.05 of DBD::ODBC and manually attempted to > in

DBI

2003-05-29 Thread Robert
Hi! list, Could someone point me to the links which have examples on how to manipulate data from two different database handles. I need to write a program which gets new policies or renewals data from DB2 check in the Oracle database if they already exist if not insert the new records after verif

unresolved external in DBD::ODBC compile

2003-05-29 Thread Abe Jarrett
Hi, I downloaded 1.05 of DBD::ODBC and manually attempted to install from dos prompt. The failure occurs on step 2 of the install procedure. Unresolved external __ftol2. I have .Net installed. Not sure if that is a problem. OS= win2k Perl=5.8.0 DBI=1.37 step1: perl Makefile.PL --> success

Re: Determining return type in Perl/MySQL

2003-05-29 Thread Tim Bunce
This is much faster and more accurate: if ( DBI::looks_like_number($rv) ) { ... } Uses perl's own internal code. Tim. On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:36:26PM -0600, Ian Harisay wrote: > I read the other responses. It is hard to determine what is happening > without seei

Building DBD-Oracle on solaris 8 with gcc 3.2.3

2003-05-29 Thread LBaxter
(Take Two... a screwed up the dbi-users address) Hi, On Sun (solaris 8) I am rebuilding my perl tree using perl 5.8.0, DBD-Oracle 1.14 and my own bootstrapped build of gcc 3.2.3. It appears I had to hack Makefile.PL to get a good link with oracle 9.2 (64bit version). Oracle seems to

RE: Determining return type in Perl/MySQL

2003-05-29 Thread Igor Korolev
This will match empty string '', '..' and other non-numeric strings, but will not match -1, 1.2e2, etc. You better look in Perl Cookbook, Chapter 2, page 44. -Original Message- From: Ian Harisay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:36 PM To: Gregg Allen; [EMAIL PROT

Re: Determining return type in Perl/MySQL

2003-05-29 Thread Ian Harisay
I read the other responses. It is hard to determine what is happening without seeing some code. but to simply determine if something is a numeric value on could just use a regular expression: ($rv) = $sth->fetchrow_array(); if( $rv =~ /^[^0-9\.]*$/ ){ #-- the regex will work with unformatted

RE: Trying to find DBD-Oracle via ppm

2003-05-29 Thread Jeff Urlwin
> > > Hi All > > I'm having the same problem. > > I've had a look in the Activestate 5.6 repositories > http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/. > I can find the DBD-Oracle PPM there. > > But the 5.8 repositories still doesn't have the DBD-Oracle PPM > http://ppm.acti

Re: Trying to find DBD-Oracle via ppm

2003-05-29 Thread Dave Coutts
Hi All I'm having the same problem. I've had a look in the Activestate 5.6 repositories http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/. I can find the DBD-Oracle PPM there. But the 5.8 repositories still doesn't have the DBD-Oracle PPM http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zip

Re: LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread johnnnnnn
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 12:31:33PM -0400, Thomas Good wrote: > Hi, how does one use LIKE and a wildcard with variable binding?? > > $q = qq |select * from x where y like ?|; > ... > $sth->execute($some_variable) > > where does the % go?? my $some_variable = '%here%'; The placeholder variables g

Re: LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 12:25:36PM -0400, Gold, Samuel (Contractor) wrote: > I believe you have to you use it like this: > > $q = qq |select * from x where y LIKE ?|; > > upper casing the LIKE. Reserved words in SQL are case-insensitive. like is the same as LIKE is the same as LikE. Ronald

Re: LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread Ken Miller
$stmt = $dbh->prepare( qq |select * from x where y like ?| ); $stmt->bind_param( 1, 'foo%bar' ); $stm->execute; The '%' is part of the actual bound parameter. -klm. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Good" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DBI Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday,

Re: LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 12:31:33PM -0400, Thomas Good wrote: > Hi, how does one use LIKE and a wildcard with variable binding?? > > $q = qq |select * from x where y like ?|; > ... > $sth->execute($some_variable) > > where does the % go?? The % must be part of the bound value. For example: $sth

RE: LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread Thomas Good
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Gold, Samuel (Contractor) wrote: > I believe you have to you use it like this: > > $q = qq |select * from x where y LIKE ?|; > > upper casing the LIKE. Hi Sam, no it is already uppercase (and sql is not case sensitive) but I am getting complaints if I do ?% after like OR if I

RE: LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread Gold, Samuel (Contractor)
I believe you have to you use it like this: $q = qq |select * from x where y LIKE ?|; upper casing the LIKE. HTH, Sam Gold -Original Message- From: Thomas Good [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:32 PM To: DBI Users Subject: LIKE and Variable Binding Hi, how doe

LIKE and Variable Binding

2003-05-29 Thread Thomas Good
Hi, how does one use LIKE and a wildcard with variable binding?? $q = qq |select * from x where y like ?|; ... $sth->execute($some_variable) where does the % go?? TIA! --- Thomas Good e-mail: [E

RE: Performance of CSV Databases

2003-05-29 Thread Breedlove, Robert
One other thing that I use DBD::CSV for is configuration. I maintain a system which has multiple users each with a profile. I maintain a separate directory for each user with CSV files in it. I can "connect" to the particular user's database easily at the start of the process. -Original Mes

Re: Performance of CSV Databases

2003-05-29 Thread Jeff Zucker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in some cases one don't need really high performance but a well organized place to store data. In this case DBD::CSV may could be the solution. But what happens if the amount of data grows? When the data grows, you can easily migrate from DBD::CSV to any other DBD. You c

Performance of CSV Databases

2003-05-29 Thread michael . krips
Hi, in some cases one don't need really high performance but a well organized place to store data. In this case DBD::CSV may could be the solution. But what happens if the amount of data grows? Is there any performance comparision between DBD::CSV based applications and others (like DBD::Oracle o

Re: CSV database creation via DBI?

2003-05-29 Thread Jeff Zucker
David Wilson wrote: Is is possible to create a database through CSV, or is DBI primarily for accessing established databases? If possible, how do I create a local database via DBI? If not, how do I manually create an empty CSV database? DBI works with database-drivers (DBDs) to communicate wi

RE: CSV database creation via DBI?

2003-05-29 Thread Breedlove, Robert
DBD::CSV will allow you to create a "database" of CSV files. First create a sub-directory to place the files. Then use CREATE statements to create the "tables" (files). It's documented in the man page. -Original Message- From: David Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 2

CSV database creation via DBI?

2003-05-29 Thread David Wilson
I am in the process of learning DBI. My immediate goal it to create a CSV database which I will populate from local text files. I would like to do this using a standalone Perl script. Is is possible to create a database through CSV, or is DBI primarily for accessing established databases? If po

Re: How to Redirect to my own error page

2003-05-29 Thread Hardy Merrill
sasi pillutla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How can i redirect to my error page if the database > connection fails with the error message Read the perldocs for DBI - specifically read up on 'RaiseError' and 'Transactions' - the transactions section will show you how to trap errors using 'eval'. Once