To my understanding, the reason Perl's DBI must connect to a database, not just to a particular SQL host irrespective of a database, is because SQL privileges are granted on a database-specific level, and one must provide the appropriate credentials to connect to that database on the SQL server. In your case, the same credential allows you access to the second database within that same server, so you are able to include DB2 in the query for DB1.

One is left to wonder, however, if the DBI would be able to accept the more complicated scenario involving two separate databases which had separate grant privileges, requiring two separate credentials. In such a case, your scenario might fail--and I can see why this question would come up. Nor do I know what the answer might be in such a case--particularly if one is not sufficiently privileged as to create new database users and grant them access privileges.

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

In reply to Re: how to use DBI connect to >1 database by Polyglot
in thread how to use DBI connect to >1 database by misterperl

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