On Dec 20, 2007 4:58 AM, Octavian Rasnita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Chas. Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Dec 19, 2007 5:59 PM, Octavian Rasnita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > >> Sorry. No idea. I didn't wrote that C# program because I don't know C# > >> well > >> enough. That's why I was interested in a perl solution, but unfortunately > >> it > >> is not possible in perl. > > snip > > > > It is possible. The person who wrote the C# library probably either > > bought the $2,000 license for SEE* or rolled his or her own version of > > it. You can buy the license or roll your own version of SEE for Perl > > as well. It is quite possible, but, since you can't redistribute the > > source code to SEE, there won't be CPAN module for it. Frankly, not > > being able to see the source code to System.Data.SQLite.DLL and its > > unknown provenence (how can you trust someone you don't know) would > > cause me to worry about its level security (did he or she put in a > > back door?, did he or she make an error compiling it?, etc.). > > > > * SQLite Encryption Extension > > Yes you are right. That dll might have a backdoor or some bugs in it, as > well as any other Windows program that doesn't offer the source code. > However, a C# programmer would be able to use an encrypted SQLite database > very easy with it, while a perl programmer would need to create its own way > of encrypting the database, and this might not be very easy.
Actually it is very easy: buy SEE, download DBD::SQLite, swap the SEE code with the version of SQLite DBD::SQLite uses, do the Perl make dance*. * which looks like this perl Makefile.PL make make test sudo make install -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
