Thanks Jos,
Your link is helpful and a good starter.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jos I. Boumans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ackim Chisha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Searching a MYSQL database
> Sure, you can connect to a mysql database using the DBI module, available
> from cpan.org
> you'll also need to install the dbd driver (DBD::Mysql).
> Then you can query your data just like you would at a mysql prompt
>
> the documentation is quite extensive, and here's an article that should
get
> you started:
> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/10/DBI.html
>
> hth
> Jos Boumans
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ackim Chisha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:26 AM
> Subject: Searching a MYSQL database
>
>
> People,
> Forgive me am a newbie just started learning perl two days ago. I would
like
> to find out if its possible with perl I can search a MYSQL database for a
> particular username and look for for the expiry date and compare it with
the
> current date to determine whether expired or not.
> Any help will be appreciated or a website that could give me some hints.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ackim
>
>
>
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