[MacPerl-AnyPerl] Re: [MacPerl] - Anyone familiar with MYSQL?

[Elton Hughes <ehughes@novapic.org>]

Richard K. Moore 6/14/99 10:45 AM

>I'm looking into an online database project, and the other people involved
>want to use MYSQL  I've downloaded some of the preliminary information, but
>I'm hoping someone out there has some experience with it.  In particular,
>any help with how best to interface it to Perl would be most welcome.  The
>application will ultimately run on Linux, but I imagine if anyone has MYSQL
>working with MacPerl, the interface problems would be similar.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Richard Moore
>Wexford, Ireland

Hi Richard,

I have been working with MySQL for a couple of months now. MySQL is a 
server based SQL database engine. There is no Mac version available. 
MySQL does work very well with PERL, using DBI and DBD. Using a web 
interface works very well. Using MacPERL may be possible, but you are 
tredding on virgin territory. Someone on the list mentioned that they are 
accessing a different RDBMS system (SyBase) using DBI and DBDProxy. Using 
a similar appraoch might work. 

MySQL also has associated with it MyODBC which may or may not suit your 
needs.

Best of luck and please report back to the list on what you find works 
for you.

Elton



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