Re^2: Perl & Microsoft Access

But, unless you have a specific reason for using Win32::OLE, this approach will be much less protable than using DBI and will not allow you to take advantage of the many add-on modules for DBI or the knowledge of the many monks here in the monastary who know DBI but who don't know Win32::OLE.

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Re^3: Perl & Microsoft Access by holli (Abbot) on Jan 13, 2005 at 19:34 UTC
that´s right. but if you are a windows programmer that has already used DAO/RDO-objects in other languages you might find that easier/more familiar. Also you can address the .mdb-files as files. You don´t have to set up an ODBC-connection for every database you wan´t to use. Acccess sees databases as files, and that is, IMHO, the most valuable feature of Access. You don´t have to struggle with tablespaces, usernames/passwords and other things that come with a DBMS like Oracle and the like. holli, regexed monk	[reply]
Re^4: Perl & Microsoft Access by jZed (Prior) on Jan 13, 2005 at 20:04 UTC
> You don´t have to set up an ODBC-connection for every database you wan´t to use. That's also true with DBI ... here's an example of a DSN-less connection to MS Access via DBI. update > if you are a windows programmer that has already used DAO/RDO-objects in other languages you might find that easier/more familiar good point, that's certainly one reason why someone might prefer the Win32::OLE route.	[reply]