On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Dale wrote: > Hi Chris Devers, you wrote: > > >On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Dale wrote: > > > >> However, the server this currently sits on doesn't and won't ever (not > >> through choice) have any form of SQL so I'll just have to struggle > >> with the files. :) > > > >You miss the point of SQLite then. > > You're right, I have. I assumed it would need SQL to work. Thanks for > correcting me! :)
You're still confused, I think, though it's not quite your fault :-) It *does* need SQL to work, but not in the way you seem to be thinking. SQL is Structured Query Language, a language supported by many database engines for issuing queries to a database server. Some dialect of SQL is used by database engines such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, and, in the case of your confusion, Microsoft SQL Server. SQL Server is a specific relational database engine that is, confusingly (I think deliberately confusingly) often abbreviated to simply "SQL". This abbbreviation isn't appropriate though, as it conflates the specific database product from Microsoft with the general language for interacting with all kinds of databases from lots of vendors (and open source projects). It would be a little like confusing C++ (the language) and Visual C++ (the specific product for C++ developers); or confusing ical (a file format for representing events in a calendar) and Apple's iCal (a specific program for managing calendars that happpens to support the open ical format). They're not the same things, even if the vendor's names have been selected in what looks like a deliberate effort to confuse people into *thinking* that they're the same thing. > Just one thing though - I need to have DBD::SQLite installed on my > server and it's not on there, nor will it be (again, not my choice). > I'm still up a certain creek without a paddle *grin* Well, that one is between you and your admins, but Perl development is *significantly* easier to manage if you're allowed to install CPAN modules, and as CPAN modules go, this is a pretty simple one. If CPAN modules are out of the question, then you're looking at a whole lot of wheel-reinventing in a lot of the work you do... :-/ -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
