[vox-tech] Re: question - perl and databases

[Jay Strauss]

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> 
> Question about Perl databases.  I want to write an application that uses a
> db.  Never played with db before.  Ultimately, I want to write something that
> creates a webpage using the db data.
> 
> I also want people to be able to simply install my program without worrying
> about installing other software, like msql or postgresql.
> 
> When you use DBI, do you *have* to have a separate daemon-run database or is
> there a Perl module that provides a backend to DBI?
> 
> I'd rather use DBI because it's more convenient for complex data structures
> and so I can use SQL, but if you need to install a database to use DBI, I
> might try to make due with DBM.
> 
> Pete
> 
Pete,

There are various ways to use DBI without a RDBMS server running 
somewhere.  Take a gander at search.cpan.org, and search for "DBD".

There are drivers to run against various types of flat files: cvs, 
DBD::WTSprite, DBD::SQLite2

HTH
Jay