in reply to Re^5: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI
in thread Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI

So, would SQL and DBI compliment or compete against each other? If they compliment each other, I fail to really see it in your post. If they compete against each other, well, this is a good example :)

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Re^7: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 06, 2004 at 01:36 UTC
    They don't solve the same problem. DBI is a communication protocol. SQL is an application language. You can use DBI to communicate with databases that don't speak SQL and you can use SQL without using DBI, using other communication protocols.

    Think about it this way - you speak English. You can trasmit that English using your voice or the written word. You can also use those mechanisms to communicate in German. So, what is the relationship between English and your voice? That is the same relationship between SQL and DBI.

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