Re: Perl or php for database edits?

OK, leave PHP out of it. Perl is the way to go.

Can somebody suggest a pre-written tool to do a read-and-learn from?

I don't need a whole bulldozer with attachable gadgets (e.g. either MySqlMan or phpMyAdmin) for this application, just a simple shovel will do. In other words, I just want to give display a table and be able to edit the entries.

Preferably simple and elegant.

-Kurt

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Re: Re: Perl or php for database edits? by ignatz (Vicar) on Oct 01, 2002 at 19:46 UTC
A "tool" seems overkill for what sounds like a basic CGI/DBI web thingy. Check out Ovid's Web Programming Using Perl and using CGI, DBI and HTML::Template (a mini tutorial with example code). ()-() \"/ `	[reply]
Re: Re: Perl or php for database edits? by spartacus9 (Beadle) on Oct 01, 2002 at 21:12 UTC
Not a standalone application, but Webmin (http://www.webmin.com) is a system administration suite written in Perl. It has a decent MySql administration module available which is, of course, also written in Perl. I have to agree though, I have been very impressed with PHPMyAdmin for administering MySql. The same and more could certainly be done with Perl, I just haven't seen a packaged version out there yet.	[reply]