* rewrote the answer to more clearly explain DBI, and to point out alternatives.
Index: perlfaq8.pod =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/public/perlfaq/perlfaq8.pod,v retrieving revision 1.16 diff -u -d -r1.16 perlfaq8.pod --- perlfaq8.pod 3 Jan 2003 20:03:57 -0000 1.16 +++ perlfaq8.pod 18 Jan 2003 20:12:56 -0000 @@ -1036,9 +1036,15 @@ =head2 How do I use an SQL database? -There are a number of excellent interfaces to SQL databases. See the -DBD::* modules available from http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/ . -A lot of information on this can be found at http://dbi.perl.org/ +The DBI module provides an abstract interface to most database +servers and types, including Oracle, DB2, Sybase, mysql, Postgresql, +ODBC, and flat files. The DBI module accesses each database type +through a database driver, or DBD. You can see a complete list of +available drivers on CPAN: http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/ . +You can read more about DBI on http://dbi.perl.org . + +Other modules provide more specific access: Win32::ODBC, Alzabo, iodbc, +and others found on CPAN Search: http://search.cpan.org . =head2 How do I make a system() exit on control-C? -- brian d foy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
