I'd appreciate it if anyone who may be interested in a pure-perl DBI emulation could explain why. Just so I can get some idea of the real-world issues that a pure-perl DBI emulation might address.
I'd also like to know if those real-world issues could be better addressed by bundling the DBI with perl, so if you have perl installed anywhere then you'll also have the DBI installed there. Tim. On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 08:05:59AM -0700, Troy Sniff wrote: > I'd like to get a copy of the DBI::Lite to look at. > > I might have a project that would be perfect for it. > > Troy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > I'd like to see a copy too. Sounds quite a bit like a workaround I > > was tooling around with in my head. Thanks. > > > > _________________________________________ > > > > From: Jeff Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thursday, March 21, 2002 > > Time: 2:45:41 PM > > Subject: Use Lib > > > > Bart Lateur wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:16:39 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > >DBI is just being untarred and put in the modules dir. No make or > > > >anything like that. It's for a program that will run on > > > >Linux/Unix/Windows and I don't want to have to require the compiling > > > >or installation of DBI with the program. > > > > > > > >It may be hopeless... > > > > > > It is. > > > > > > You might get by by precompiling the module for each > > platform you want > > > to support, tar up that tree, and distribute that. Pretty > > much like how > > > modules for Windows get distributed... > > > > I hesitate to suggest this. TIM, please tell me if this is too evil to > > see the light of day: > > > > I have a module which might be called DBI::Lite (or ... DBI::Emulation > > or AnyData::DBI::Lite or ?) which provides a DBI emulation in pure > > perl. Basically, you'd need DBD::AnyData, SQL::Statement, > > and DBI::Lite > > (all pure perl, no compilation required) and you could use > > do(),prepare(),execute(),fetch() and a few other features including > > placeholders. The module would work exactly like DBD:AnyData and very > > similarly to DBD::CSV but would not require installation of DBI. Once > > DBI is installed, the scripts would operate identically with > > a change of > > "use DBI::Lite;" to "use DBI;". Most users would be better off going > > straight to real DBI but in a case like Nick's it would save making > > compiled versions for multiple platforms. > > > > So, Tim, which namespace, or shall I keep it in the Dev::Null > > namespace? > > :-) > > > > -- > > Jeff > > > > >
