| The Perl DBI module provides a generic interface for database access. You can write a DBI script that works with many different database engines without change. To use DBI with MySQL, install the following: The DBI module. The DBD::mysql module. This is the DataBase Driver (DBD) module for Perl. Optionally, the DBD module for any other type of database server you want to access.
Perl DBI is the recommended Perl interface. It replaces an older interface called mysqlperl, which should be considered obsolete. These sections contain information about using Perl with MySQL and writing MySQL applications in Perl: For installation instructions for Perl DBI support, see Section 2.14, "Perl Installation Notes". For an example of reading options from option files, see Section 5.3.4, "Using Client Programs in a Multiple-Server Environment". For secure coding tips, see Section 6.1.1, "Security Guidelines". For debugging tips, see Section 23.4.1.4, "Debugging mysqld under gdb". For some Perl-specific environment variables, see Section 2.13, "Environment Variables". For considerations for running on Mac OS X, see Section 2.4.5, "Using the Bundled MySQL on Mac OS X Server". For ways to quote string literals, see Section 9.1.1, "String Literals".
DBI information is available at the command line, online, or in printed form: Once you have the DBI and DBD::mysql modules installed, you can get information about them at the command line with the perldoc command: shell> perldoc DBIshell> perldoc DBI::FAQshell> perldoc DBD::mysql You can also use pod2man, pod2html, and so on to translate this information into other formats. For online information about Perl DBI, visit the DBI Web site, http://dbi.perl.org/. That site hosts a general DBI mailing list. Oracle Corporation hosts a list specifically about DBD::mysql; see Section 1.6.1, "MySQL Mailing Lists". For printed information, the official DBI book is Programming the Perl DBI (Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce, O'Reilly & Associates, 2000). Information about the book is available at the DBI Web site, http://dbi.perl.org/. For information that focuses specifically on using DBI with MySQL, see MySQL and Perl for the Web (Paul DuBois, New Riders, 2001). This book's Web site is http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-perl/.
MySQLdb is a third-party driver that provides MySQL support for Python, compliant with the Python DB API version 2.0. It can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/. The new MySQL Connector/Python component provides an interface to the same Python API, and is built into the MySQL Server and supported by Oracle. See Section 22.6, "MySQL Connector/Python" for details on the Connector, as well as coding guidelines for Python applications and sample Python code. Two APIs are available for Ruby programmers developing MySQL applications: For background and syntax information about the Ruby language, see Ruby Programming Language. 22.12.1. The MySQL/Ruby API The MySQL/Ruby module provides access to MySQL databases using Ruby through libmysql. For information on installing the module, and the functions exposed, see MySQL/Ruby. 22.12.2. The Ruby/MySQL API The Ruby/MySQL module provides access to MySQL databases using Ruby through a native driver interface using the MySQL network protocol. For information on installing the module, and the functions exposed, see Ruby/MySQL. Copyright © 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Legal Notices |
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