Thanks for the advice.
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From: Sterin, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Michael A Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Will W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: RE: Newbie looking for resources
> 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
>
