Target systems:

• Win95/remote MS SQL Server
• WinNT/remote MS SQL Server
• FreeBSD/local MySQL Server

---

For performance reasons, it would be useful to stuff multiple queries into a single communication to a remote MS SQL server through Perl. Something like:

INSERT INTO UberTable (Arg1,...ArgN) VALUES (Val1,...,ValN)
INSERT INTO UberTable (Arg1,...ArgN) VALUES (Val1,...,ValN)
INSERT INTO UberTable (Arg1,...ArgN) VALUES (Val1,...,ValN)
INSERT INTO UberTable (Arg1,...ArgN) VALUES (Val1,...,ValN)
[download]

Of course, each of the above lines would be delimited correctly for the intended interface.

Again: Sending n queries separately is causing a very inconvenient performance hit that would be removed by sending n queries in one fell swoop.

I don't know what module system will have the intended effect when used correctly. My current code base uses the DBI and DB::ODBC modules. Alas:

(DBI.pm inline documentation, slightly reformatted)

Multiple SQL statements may not be combined in a single statement handle ($sth), although some databases and drivers do support this (notably Sybase and SQL Server).

(end DBI.pm inline documentation)

If a more effective module system exists, name all that you immediately know of. Source code fragments are unnecessary, unless it's a creative application of the DBI module system.

• Win__: I would prefer existence on the ActivePerl port, but could rebuild Perl under MingW32 if necessary.
• FreeBSD: must be for the default installed version.

Thank you for your time.

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.