<quote who="Terry Collins">
> > $dbh =
> > DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$mp3db:$host",$usr,$pswd,{PrintError=>1});
> > croak "can't connect to MySQL server ($SQLSERVER)" if !defined($dbh);
(Hahahaha... 'croak'... Do American hackers use 'croak'?)
> What do I do with it?
Fill in the blanks!
> Where do the $mp3db, $host, #usr, $pswd get defined?
> What is $mp3db? Is this your database?
That's the database in your MySQL server, aye. Just assign whatever's
correct to the variables, or for a quick hack, change the variables to the
correct strings.
Of course, you shouldn't do that, but you can. :)
> I will try looking for perl stuff at freshmeat and search.cpan.org (if
> they are both working).
Reading other code is the best way to work out wtf is going on, second only
to actually writing something yourself... Which you're doing already.
> Sigh, this is another case of O'Reilly books being only for those who
> already know what they are doing. I spoke to Tim O'Reilly about this
> about seven years ago, over the Awk book, but it seems he hasn't taken
> it on board.
O'Reilly books are not generally at the 'tutorial' level. Some are, but most
are aimed as references, especially for people with familiarity in other
similar areas. The best way of getting up to speed with an unfamiliar new
Free Software technology (if books are your thing), is to grab an O'Reilly
tome.
- Jeff
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