Help --
I am lost trying figure out what occurs to me a really simple problem.
CGI->Perl->MySQL.
Users pounding data into a CGI-Perl web page feeding MySQL.
If the user enters a special character it crashes.
As in "Bob's Market"... Yeah - trap for special chars and escape them.
This seems
Oh great DBI users.
I am foreseeing a problem (though I am not there yet).
(background)
I am porting a dbase (Foxpro for DOS) application to MySQL.
I have managed to get enough of it running with test some data and
forms. I am starting to feel reasonably comfortable with the idea.
Help - again.
I have two old dinosaur apps in FoxPro 2.5 DOS (50 to 150k records
relational).
My goal is to move them to the net with Perl 5.8 using MySQL running on
a RedHat Box.
What format is the easiest way to get my data ported over?
Ron "Elvis" Stephan
310-840-4111
[EMAIL
I am still lost struggling with getting DBI up ona RH box.
OS = RH8.0
Perl = RH Perl 5.8.0
I am trying to get a DBI module installed (any kind of DBD would make me
happy) and am striking out.
I have downloaded from CPAN and used every web page instruction.
DBI fails in the ma
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Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:57 PM
To: dbi-users; Ron Stephan
Subject: Re: Help! DBI-DBd Install
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:38:28 -0800 Ron Stephan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Is it reasonable to expect I can get DBI-DBD up on the Red Hat Perl or
> should I
I am trying to get the DBI-DBD module installed and am failing.
I have downloaded the DBI drivers from cpan and I keep getting a
"failure to find loadable module" if I try to run the makefile.
How do I figure out what I am doing wrong?
Ron "Elvis" Stephan
310-840-4111
[EMAIL
