in reply to Getting started with databases

I'm with Abigail-II, you dont 'need' a database if you can do what you need effectively and efficiently without one.

But hey, sooner or later you are going to come across a job where you will need one, so why not devise a simple project, or part of a project, and experiment. The tutorials in the Monastery are great.

Try things like DBD::CSV if yo ucan have DBI on the machine.

jdtoronto

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Getting started with databases
by b10m (Vicar) on Oct 11, 2003 at 00:07 UTC

    Try things like DBD::CSV if you can have DBI on the machine.

    Of course it all depends on the data you're using (like stated above), but when you want to go for DBD::CSV, I would like to advise looking at DBD::SQLite aswell. For my little project with only several hundred lines of data, I found an impressive speed increase from switching from DBD::CSV to DBD:SQLite. But then again ... maybe I'm just a really lousy DBA ;-)

    --
    B10m

    EDIT: Removed shamefull plug for my website ...
[reply]
[reply]
[d/l]

In Section Meditations