#!/usr/bin/perl
$BASE_DIR="BASE_DIR";
$CGI_DIR="$BASE_DIR/cgi-bin";
print "This program will allow you to pull information with 1 select q
+uery from our databases\n\n";
print "What do you want? (seperate each item with a comma)  ";
$what=<STDIN>;

print "Where do you want it from? (select a database)\n";
$whereDB=<STDIN>;

print "What Table do you want it from? (select a table)\n";
$whereT=<STDIN>;

print "Any special options? (like orderby, etc?)\n";
$options=<STDIN>;

chop($file);
chop($whereT);
chop($whereDB);
chop($what);
chop($options);

$sql="SELECT $what from $whereT $options";

print "What file name?  ";
$file=<STDIN>;

`clear`;

print "\nI am going to do this:\n $sql\n";
print "I am doing it to this: $whereDB\n\n";

print "If you do not want to do it, type N:  ";
$doit=<STDIN>;
$driver="dbi:mysql:$whereDB";
$user="USER";
$password="password";

if ($doit eq "N"){die "You didnt want to do it!";}

open(A,">$file");
use DBI;
$dbh = DBI ->connect("$driver","$user","$password");
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute || die "Unable to connect to $whereDB Database!";
while(@row=$sth->fetchrow_array)
 {
  $a=$#row;
  $a++;
  $cnt=0;
  $strng="";
  while($cnt<$a)
   {
    $strng=$strng."\"$row[$cnt]\",";
    $cnt++;
   }
  chop($strng);
  print A "$strng\n";
 }
$dbh->disconnect;

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Edit: Petruchio Tue Dec 18 21:59:53 UTC 2001 - Added CODE tags.

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