The DBI::FAQ has the following text: "This document is currently at version 0.38, as of February 8th, 2000.
That's very old. A newer FAQ can be found at http://faq.dbi-support.com/ Neither this document nor that web site are actively maintained. Volunteers are welcome." (https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI::FAQ#VERSION) The link gives a 404 error. A lot of the information in this document is outdated, in "what database should I be using" msql is mentioned, and MySQL (at tcx.se), many of the links are pointing to websites that are no longer existing. Other information, such as about the mailing lists, is also available in DBI's pod. I would propose to remove the contents of DBI::FAQ and point to DBI's POD. The DBI POD has a chapter on 'Getting help'. It reads ... "and the DBI FAQ at http://faq.dbi-support.com/ may be worth a visit." (https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI#Online) This is the same page as above, which gives a 404. On http://dbi.perl.org there is a link to an FAQ at http://dbi.tiddlyspot.com/ which does not seem to have received any edits since 2007. I propose that we check this wiki for useful info that is not part of and for some reason should not be part of the 'main' DBI docs, and *if* such information exists, I think it would make sense to transfer it to the perl5-dbi github wiki in order to make all information a little bit more centralized. Question: IS there a need to *have* a wiki next to the POD documentation bundled with the DBI module and the respective DBD drivers? so, in short, my proposal: 1. Replace the contents of DBI::FAQ with "See DBI". 2. Check the http://dbi.tiddlyspot.com/ wiki to see if there is any info that is not anywhere else and *should* be in a wiki, and move it to a github wiki, so DBI info is a little less scattered over the web. Please let me know what you think. -- Mike
