# I
use DBI;
# and
use DBD::Sybase;
# almost daily.

# And I never forget to
use strict;
# to scope
my $variables;
# carefully.

my $server = 'is located some where';

my $database = 'has gigabytes of data here and there';

# Please give me
my $database_handle =

# and I want to connect successfully with
DBI->connect("dbi:Sybase:server=$server;database=$database",
"without", "any_trouble")

or
# my script will
die
"but not before I throw some warnings";

# Then I search for
my $data =
# in the
$database_handle->

# I first
prepare("-- my SQL with a
SELECT *
FROM data WHERE
-- I limit the data set
size = 'to something not too large'");

# Then I retrieve my
$data->
# after I
execute();
# the query

# And let me loop through the result
while
# I still have something to worry

# I have
(my @results = $data->fetchrow()) {
# but I want to throw them away
}

# When I have gone through all the
$data->
# and I want to
finish;

# I close the
$database_handle->
# with
disconnect;
# and go sip a cup of tea.

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