== 0 or die "could not do system - $!";
open I, "<$file" or die "could not open $file - $!";
while (){
print "$_";
}
close I;
-Original Message-
From: Bernd Prager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:33
Sarah Killcoyne wrote:
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 can't seem to find a way
to do this. Is it possible to either: look up database names so I can pick
one before connecting or connect without a data
- 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
For Perl...
Take a look at the data_sources DBI class method
http://search.cpan.org/author/TIMB/DBI-1.32/DBI.pm#DBI_Class_Methods
or the ListDBs MetaData Method for DBD::mysql
http://search.cpan.org/author/JWIED/DBD-mysql-2.1020/lib/DBD/mysql.pod#Priva
te_MetaData_Methods
Duncan
