Re^6: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI

So, the API that MySQL and PostgresSQL provide to interact with their database products are considered DBI?

This seems silly and logical both at the same time... but still par for the course in the computer world

Of course, I never really did figure out email, which I _think_ is a similar thing (I never really figured it out), what with POP3, IMAP, MTA, MDA, STMP, DNS, and half a dozen other protocals required just to get an email from point A to point B

(Sorry, I do not mean to be belligerent, I just challenge people's response when it doesn't make sense in hopes they answer with something to make it make sense)

-- Jamie Payne

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Re^7: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI by mpeppler (Vicar) on Jul 04, 2004 at 18:23 UTC
So, the API that MySQL and PostgresSQL provide to interact with their database products are considered DBI? No. MySql, Postgres, Sybase, Oracle, etc. provide C, Java, etc. APIs. DBI is a generic Perl API for database access, and DBD::mySQL, DBD::Sybase, etc provide mappings between the DBI API and the vendors C API. As for email - well I think you're mixing up a lot of different stuff... Michael	[reply]
Re: OT: Database stuff; Was: Re^8: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI by dakedesu (Scribe) on Jul 05, 2004 at 15:45 UTC
No. MySql, Postgres, Sybase, Oracle, etc. provide C, Java, etc. APIs. DBI is a generic Perl API for database access, and DBD::mySQL, DBD::Sybase, etc provide mappings between the DBI API and the vendors C API. Okay, so DBI, is basically something that is inbetween Perl and SQL (or some other style of Database interaction)? Sorry for how OT this is going, but now I want to figure this out, or it will drive me nuts. As for email - well I think you're mixing up a lot of different stuff... That was mostly to demostraight how easily I can get confused when multiple protocals are thrown at something, and appear to be used at the same time. I will tell you right now, that I can guaruntee I mixed up some acronyms in there (Yes, I know this doesn't help my case, but well, it will help me :) ) -- Jamie Payne	[reply]