At 04:00 AM 15-05-01 -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
>Most Perl modules contain imbedded documentation which may be read using
>perldoc. For DBI, the command is 'perldoc DBI', for DBD::Oracle it is
>'perldoc DBD::Oracle'.
> > >See the fine manual on DBI and DBD.
> > Which is the manual you are referring to?
I have read the pod on DBI, and it was for that very reason that I posted
my question.
(Actually, perldoc is only one of many ways of reading pod, I prefer
reading all my pod as HTML).
I do not believe that the DBI pod could in any way be considered
documentation. There is a short list of examples, but I think it should be
kept in mind that it needs rewriting if it is to be of any help to the
newcomer.
I think that
http://www.saturn5.com/~jwb/dbi-examples.html
is the nearest that I have found to documentation.
Clearly, we could all go out and buy the book(s), but it must be decided if
this is essential for using DBI, or just helpful in mastering the finer points.
Joe Yates
