Author: timbo Date: Fri May 14 14:25:17 2010 New Revision: 13989 Modified: dbi/trunk/lib/DBI/FAQ.pm
Log: Fix a typo in DBI::FAQ spotted by John Gabriele and rewrite the section. The whole thing needs some updating and polishing. Any volunteers? Modified: dbi/trunk/lib/DBI/FAQ.pm ============================================================================== --- dbi/trunk/lib/DBI/FAQ.pm (original) +++ dbi/trunk/lib/DBI/FAQ.pm Fri May 14 14:25:17 2010 @@ -564,22 +564,21 @@ Yes, use the I<DBD::ODBC> driver. -=head2 3.5 Is the a DBD for <I<insert favourite database here>>? +=head2 3.5 Is there a DBD for <I<insert favourite database here>>? -Is is listed on the DBI drivers page? +First check if a driver is available on CPAN by searching for the name of the +database (including common abbreviations and aliases). - http://dbi.perl.org/ - http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI +Here's a general query that'll match all distributions: -If not, no. A complete absence of a given database driver from that -page means that no-one has announced any intention to work on it, not that -such a driver is impossible to write. - -A corollary of the above statement implies that if you see an announcement -for a driver I<not> on the above page, there's a good chance it's not -actually a I<DBI> driver, and may not conform to the specifications. Therefore, -questions concerning problems with that code should I<not> really be addressed -to the DBI Mailing Lists. + http://search.cpan.org/search?query=DBD&mode=dist + +If you can't find a driver that way, you could check if the database supports +ODBC drivers. If so then you could probably use the DBD::ODBC driver: + + http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-ODBC/ + +If not, then try asking on the dbi-users mailing list. =head2 3.6 What's DBM? And why should I use DBI instead?
