Programming the Perl DBI Database Programming with Perl

Name: Programming the Perl DBI Database Programming with Perl
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ISBN: 9781565926998

ISBN-10: 1565926994

ISBN-13: 9781565926998

Edition: 2000

Authors: Tim Bunce, Alligator Descartes, Linda Mui, Alistair Carty

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One of the greatest strengths of the Perl programming language is its ability to manipulate large amounts of data. Database programming is therefore a natural fit for Perl, not only for business applications but also for CGI-based web and intranet applications. The primary interface for database programming in Perl is DBI. DBI is a database-independent package that provides a consistent set of routines regardless of what database product you use--Oracle, Sybase, Ingres, Informix, you name it. The design of DBI is to separate the actual database drivers (DBDs) from the programmer's API, so any DBI program can work with any database, or even with multiple databases by different vendors…

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/29/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.13" wide x 9.09" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


From Mainframes to Workstations


Perl DBI in the Real World


A Historical Interlude and Standing Stones



Basic Non-DBI Databases Storage


Managers and Layers Query Languages and Data Functions Standing


Stones and the Sample Database Flat-File


Databases Putting Complex Data into Flat Files Concurrent


Database Access and Locking DBM Files and the Berkeley


Database Manager The MLDBM Module Summary



SQL and Relational Databases


The Relational Database Methodology


Datatypes and NULL Values Querying Data


Modifying Data Within Tables


Creating and Destroying Tables



Programming with the DBI


DBI Architecture Handles Data Source Names


Connection and Disconnection Error


Handling Utility Methods and Functions



Interacting with the Database


Issuing Simple Queries Executing Non-Select


Statements Binding Parameters to Statements Binding Output Columns do( ) Versus prepare( ) Atomic and Batch Fetching



Advanced DBI Handle Attributes and Metadata Handling Long/Lob


Data Transactions, Locking, and Isolation



Odbc and the DBI ODBC-Embraced and Extended


DBI-Thrashed and Mutated


The Nuts and Bolts of ODBC ODBC from Perl


The Marriage of DBI and ODBC


Questions and Choices


Moving Between Win32::ODBC and the DBI And What About ADO?



DBI Shell and Database Proxying dbish-The DBI Shell Database Proxying



DBI Specification



Driver and Database Characteristics



ASLaN Sacred Site Charter


Index