Hello.

I'm brand new to perl, and I'd like to request some help on a topic that has puzzled me:

According to CPAN, "1.19_10 M(y)sqlPerl is no longer a separate module. Instead it is emulated using the DBI drivers."

If I've got tons of code that uses use Mysql;, and a little code that uses a custom sql wrapper for DBI, use CUSTOM::SQL;. I need to convert all instances of "Mysql" database connectivity to the custom wrapper, but I believe "use Mysql;" uses different functions than "use DBI;", such as:

@arr = $sth->fetchrow; vs. @row_ary  = $sth->fetchrow_array;,

$dbh = Mysql->connect($host, $database, $user, $password); vs. CUSTOM::SQL::connect();, and so on.

My question: Should I just do "find/replace" on all of the Mysql-particular functions for the DBI-particular functions? Or is there some set of functions applicable to both modules?

If anyone could point me to a reference that might help with Mysql module to DBI module conversion, I'd be ecstatic, as I've searched high and low.

In reply to use Mysql; vs. use DBI; by quikk

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