Programming the Perl DBI: Database Programming with perl

Co-authord by the primary developer of DBI, this text is the first and only book on Perl and DBI and destined to be the bible for and DBI programmer. Learn how to program with DBI through extensive examples.

Descartes has been an itinerant fiddler with computers from a very early age. He obtained a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His computer credits include several years of Oracle DBA work, multi-user Virtual Reality Servers, high performance 3D graphics programming, and several Perl modules.

Dedication; Preface; Resources; Typographical Conventions; How to Contact Us; Code Examples; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 From Mainframes to Workstations; 1.2 Perl; 1.3 DBI in the Real World; 1.4 A Historical Interlude andStanding Stones; Chapter 2: Basic Non-DBI Databases; 2.1 Storage Managers and Layers; 2.2 Query Languages and Data Functions; 2.3 Standing Stones and the Sample Database; 2.4 Flat-File Databases; 2.5 Putting Complex Data into Flat Files; 2.6 Concurrent Database Access and Locking; 2.7 DBM Files and the BerkeleyDatabase Manager; 2.8 The MLDBM Module; 2.9 Summary; Chapter 3: SQL and Relational Databases; 3.1 The Relational Database Methodology; 3.2 Datatypes and NULL Values; 3.3 Querying Data; 3.4 Modifying Data Within Tables; 3.5 Creating and Destroying Tables; Chapter 4: Programming with the DBI; 4.1 DBI Architecture; 4.2 Handles; 4.3 Data Source Names; 4.4 Connection and Disconnection; 4.5 Error Handling; 4.6 Utility Methods and Functions; Chapter 5: Interacting with the Database; 5.1 Issuing Simple Queries; 5.2 Executing Non-SELECT Statements; 5.3 Binding Parameters to Statements; 5.4 Binding Output Columns; 5.5 do( ) Versus prepare( ); 5.6 Atomic and Batch Fetching; Chapter 6: Advanced DBI; 6.1 Handle Attributes and Metadata; 6.2 Handling LONG/LOB Data; 6.3 Transactions, Locking, and Isolation; Chapter 7: ODBC and the DBI; 7.1 ODBC—Embraced and Extended; 7.2 DBI—Thrashed and Mutated; 7.3 The Nuts and Bolts of ODBC; 7.4 ODBC from Perl; 7.5 The Marriage of DBI and ODBC; 7.6 Questions and Choices; 7.7 Moving Between Win32::ODBC and the DBI; 7.8 And What About ADO?; Chapter 8: DBI Shell and Database Proxying; 8.1 dbish—The DBI Shell; 8.2 Database Proxying; DBI Specification; Synopsis; Description; The DBI Class; Methods Common to All Handles; Attributes Common to All Handles; DBI Database Handle Objects; DBI Statement Handle Objects; Further Information; See Also; Authors; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Translations; Support/ Warranty; Training; Driver and Database Characteristics; Acquiring the DBI and Drivers; DBD::ADO; DBD::CSV; DBD::DB2; DBD::Empress and DBD::EmpressNet; DBD::Informix; DBD::Ingres; DBD::InterBase; DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL; DBD::ODBC; DBD::Oracle; DBD::Pg; DBD::SearchServer; DBD::Sybase—For Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server; DBD::XBase; ASLaN Sacred Site Charter; Colophon;