Re: Perl DBI or C++ API Help!

2002-12-03 Thread Bernd Prager
- Original Message - From: "Sarah Killcoyne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:14 AM > I need to be able to connect to mysql through a perl or C++ script without > knowing the name of the database to connect to. ,,, I'm not an expert om the

Re: protecting ccard numbers

2002-12-02 Thread Bernd Prager
Well, IMHO there's only one way to make it almost secure: Don't store the cc numbers unencrypted. The user should log-in with a password. Don't store the password, just a hash-value to proof the password valid. Encode and store the sensitive data with that password. Use a second password (don't s

Installation help

2001-06-11 Thread Bernd Prager
Hi, I downloaded the mysql-3.23.38 source rpm. When I try to build it I get the error message: checking for gcc... egcs checking whether the C compiler (egcs -O3 ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. error: Bad exit status