Re: Book Recommendation?

2002-06-25 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 09:45:35AM -0500, Paul DuBois wrote: > > Most of MySQL and Perl for the Web is fairly database-independent, > in the sense that its discussion of DBI isn't tied specifically > to MySQL. On the other hand, it's an application-writing book, not > a reference book. If you'r

Re: Book Recommendation?

2002-06-25 Thread Paul DuBois
At 0:03 -0700 6/25/02, Will wrote: >Greets Folks, > >I wrote in yesterday as per the author of the DBI >module, but the documentation i have found really >doesnt seem sufficient for learning the module... > >Is there a book I should buy for this? I checked ou >this book: > >http://www.amazon.com/

Re: Book Recommendation?

2002-06-25 Thread Andy Duncan
Hi Will, > Is there something a little more concise? I've got > Paul DuBois' book MySQL and Perl for the Web, but I > feel like maybe I shoudl focus more on the DBI module > itself before going too much further into DuBois' > book. What would you folks recommend? I would thoroughly recommend

Re: Book Recommendation?

2002-06-24 Thread Brian McCain
Really, between the documentation and "Programming the Perl DBI," all the information you need is right there. However, if you're still having trouble with it (and it would probably help to know which part(s) you're having trouble with), it might help to read the chapters on data types and referen

Re: Book Recommendation?

2002-06-24 Thread lembark
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldbi/ Programming the Perl DBI Database programming with Perl By Alligator Descartes, Tim Bunce  February 2000  1-56592-699-4, Order Number: 6994 362 pages, $34.95 US, $51.95 CA, £24.95 UK No rule says you have to read all of it :-)

Book Recommendation?

2002-06-24 Thread Will
Greets Folks, I wrote in yesterday as per the author of the DBI module, but the documentation i have found really doesnt seem sufficient for learning the module... Is there a book I should buy for this? I checked ou this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565926994/ref=ase_dbi/102-6