RE: Re: Accessing MS Access through the DBI ODBC

2005-04-03 Thread Jeff Urlwin
Just my opinion, but I don't think this is good advice. For one, it creates extra administration on the system, by forcing the user/programmer /sysadmin/webadmin to create an ODBC DSN setting for every new setup. For two, DBI and ODBC both support dynamic DSNs, so why not use them? If

RE: Insert help...

2005-04-03 Thread Steven Lembark
-- NIPP, SCOTT V \\(SBCSI\\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK... I have been able to solve this problem, and it was no big deal. However, the problem I am currently facing is really hosing me up... Basically, a NULL field is getting converted to a 0 in the database. This causes a comparison of

Re: Perl error in fetching data from Clob datatype.

2005-04-03 Thread Steven Lembark
-- Rishi Bansal, Japan IT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I am trying to fetch data from CLOB datatype in Database. I am getting an Error as : error:ORA-03127: no new operations allowed until the active operation ends (DBD ERROR: OCISessionEnd). I guess I am not handling the data fetched properly. The code

Re: Unable to connect to Oracle on another Unix host in a perl programming using DBI

2005-04-03 Thread Steven Lembark
-- Kairam, Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] To those who could help me with a problem connecting to an Oracle database on HP-UX from within a perl script that uses DBI I have a perl program on a unix (HP-UX) host(A) running Oracle 8.1.6 In the program I am trying to connect to another unix (HP-UX) host(B)

RE: A good Perl Book

2005-04-03 Thread Steven Lembark
-- Reidy, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. Programming Perl 2. Perl Cookbook 3. Object Oriented Perl 4. Extending and Embedding Perl 5. Writing CGI Applications with Perl Watch O'Reilly Press' list for Perl Best Pratices by Damian Conway. -- Steven Lembark 85-09

Re: Should prepare_cached() manage its total size or memory usage?

2005-04-03 Thread Steven Lembark
-- Mark Stosberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I have a database application that selects about 50,000 rows one by one, does some process in Perl, and then executes a SELECT statement for each one, with slight variations in the SQL and parameters. I was using prepare_cached() on this repeatedly called

Re: [DBI] Re: What is wrong with select?

2005-04-03 Thread Steven Lembark
Basicly $StateProvince in a string value in you sql statement, so you either single quote yourself, or let DBI do it. Or use a placeholder and save yourself the pain of figuring it out: select ... where name_short = ? will do the deed without your having to even think about quoting. -- Steven