G'day beka,

Welcome to the monastery.

"hello everyone , i'm writing a programm to extract data from csv files into a database ,wich database form should i use , access or sql , thank you"

Firstly, maybe check what you've written doesn't have some major typos because, from what you have there, I'd have to recommend that you spend some time researching what a database is.

While I can guess "access" refers to MS Access, which is a database management system; my best guess at "sql" is SQL (Structured Query Language), which is a programming language used for interacting with database systems.

Your choice of database system will depend on a number of factors, such as usage requirements and what's actually available to you.

From a Perl perspective, I suggest you look at these (as a starting point):

• Text::CSV (and related modules) for extracting data from your CSV files.
• DBI - Database independent interface for Perl.
• DBD:: - the namespace for DataBase Drivers for use with DBI. (That link provides a very long list: you'll want something like DBD::YourChosenDatabaseSystem.)

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