in reply to Mysql and tail

That's a very strange concept to do for a database. But, if your database has triggers, you could set up an insert trigger that inserts new rows in a temporary table that you can query, or, if your database supports calls to outside programs, call an outside program.

However, MySQL, being a rather limited database, doesn't have triggers.

Anyway, this isn't a Perl problem at all, is it?

Abigail