Think of DBI, a consistant interface so one can switch databases with minimum effort. Feel like Oracle one week? Postgre the next? That's how it should be designed.

You still have to port your schema, and if you're doing anything with timestamps or unique identifiers, you'll have some portability work.

well, doesn't perlmonks access mysql through the dbi?

No. If you a grab copy of Everything and examine Makefile.PL (or any of the database handling code), you'll see they require Mysql.

chromatic (or one of the everything guys) said he is working on an alternative (i forget where, so assume it's unverified).

update: verification ROCKS ;)

 


______crazyinsomniac_____________________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"