in reply to Perl/DBI (MySQL) tutorial

I disagree. DBI does not provide an application-level interface to databases. It provides a somewhat database-independent interface to databases, but this is not the same as an application-level interface to databses. Furthermore, the interface is not entirely database independent. First, the generated SQL is not database independent. With an extension of DBI, DBIx::Recordset, it is database independent. For a five-page critique of DBI, see my submission to the Perl Journal: http://lnc.usc.edu/~brannon/consulting/dbix.html

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RE: Re: Perl/DBI (MySQL) tutorial
by perlcgi (Hermit) on May 17, 2000 at 17:12 UTC
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      I see what you mean... Try using Opera! It has a nifty little zoom percentage box that works very well. 150% magnification worked great here.

      Great article btw!
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      It has not been accepted yet --- I can email you a word version if you wish.
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        I'd appreciate a copy. TIA
        perlcgi@hotmail.com
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