Or you can go with XML for data storage.
Ilya Sterin
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael A Mayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Will W
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for resources
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie looking for resources
>Are there any options other than CSV that are widely available
> on end-user machines? For instance, can I expect that ODBC or ADO will
> work on most Windows platforms?
The main alternative to DBD::CSV is DBD::AnyData. For some unknown reason,
this isn't available on CPAN, but you can get it here:
http://www.vpservices.com/jeff/programs/AnyData/.
DBD::ODBC or DBD::mysql will work well with MySQL. You also might want to
look into using DBD::ODBC/DBD::Pg with PostgreSQL, but I don't believe the
windows port of postgres is as good as mysql's.
As for what works with windows, anything in ppd will work. If it's not
available via PPM, download it and try to use it. If it doesn't work, try
contacting the author or the apropriate mailing list/newsgroup and ask if
anyone can help you with porting it to windows.
I don't know about DBD::ADO, but obviously that will work with Windows as
Windows is the only platform that supports ADO.
> Where can I locate good documentation on CSV? For instance, D&B's book
> mentions that DBI:CSV has a rudimentary schema, but I've not found
> anything about whether I can directly edit this or even how it is
> represented in the files.
What is wrong with the DBD::CSV documentation? It describes how to create a
table, query that table, etc. If there's something you specifically don't
understand about the DBD::CSV docs, post your question here and I'm sure
you'll get plenty of answers from DBD::CSV gurus.
To get the docs for any perl module, goto CPAN (www.cpan.org), choose any of
the search engines, and search for the module name.
A URL for DBD::CSV docs is:
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/DBD-CSV/DBD/CSV.html
> I am hoping that despite several hours of searching the net, there is a
> single, good source for answers to these questions that I just haven't
> located yet
Again, what's wrong with the available docs?
-Mike
