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 simultaneously. Programming the Perl DBI is...

ISBN: 1-56592-699-4
Издательство: O'Reilly
Дата выхода: февраль 2000