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yapp
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Mar 6, 2002, 6:39 AM

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I'm thinking of getting rid of my flatfile database structure in my forum.

What should I use as database alternative?
- I should be able to transfer the datafiles to a different server
- I can't configure/install something at my remote webhost, so what's defaultly available in perl? (as of 5.004)

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(This post was edited by yapp on Mar 6, 2002, 6:39 AM)


Jasmine
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Mar 6, 2002, 9:29 AM

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Re: [yapp] Database newbee [In reply to] Can't Post
I'd recommend MySQL, but that really depends on what your host offers. You probably want to contact them to find out what's available on your server.

Perl 5.004... really?


yapp
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Mar 6, 2002, 11:22 PM

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Re: [Jasmine] Database newbee [In reply to] Can't Post
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I'd recommend MySQL, but that really depends on what your host offers. You probably want to contact them to find out what's available on your server.
I don't have that ability. Also my scrips are in public domain. I don't expect anyone to have a MySQL account. Getting an cgi account is difficult enough already. (since f2s.com stopped too) However, the interface/datahandling/user-interface in my programs are clearly separated, so upgrading an entire script to MySQL shouldn't be so much work.

Does perl have any DBI module that can be used everywhere, or is a tied file (tie()) a solution for me?

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Perl 5.004... really?
 What's the problem with that?

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Jasmine
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Mar 7, 2002, 12:37 AM

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Re: [yapp] Database newbee [In reply to] Can't Post
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Does perl have any DBI module that can be used everywhere, or is a tied file (tie()) a solution for me?
Perl has a horde of [url=http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=dbd]DBD modules, but they all rely on you having a defined data structure (eg CSV, SQL, LDAP, etc.)

DBM may serve as well, but its implementation varies... just make sure that the source and destination servers offer the same implemenation.


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Perl 5.004... really?
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What's the problem with that?
According to Tim Bunce (co-author of Programming the Perl DBI) "[url=http://archive.develooper.com/dbi-announce@perl.org/msg00065.html]Perl 5.004_04 is quite buggy relative to, say, 5.005_03 or later...The DBI officially doesn't support Perl 5.004 any more."

 
 


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