I'm curious: why is the connect string in the format that it is? For
example, the most simple for is like:
dbi:mysql:mydb
What is the "dbi" for? "mysql" is the driver -- actually, the driver is
DBD::mysql. This has caused me more mistypes than I care to remember.
"mydb" is the database name.
What if the simple format isn't enough: is the syntax (very)
database-dependent? Where are the various formats documented? I found
examples for my database in some examples on the web, but that way is
very, er, amateurish. Shouldn't these all be centralized?
--
Bart.
