Jasbinder Singh Bali wrote:
>>> Trying to connect to it throught perl code.
>>> Just wondering if DBI would be the best tool to use to
>>> accomplish this task.
>>> Which version of DBI should I be using.
>>> I mean if any one of you could give me exact pointers to it,
>>> would be highly appreciated.
>>
>> Yes, perl(DBI) is the canonical way to connect to a database
>> from Perl. You will need the DBD::Pg driver too.
>> Both modules can be obtained from CPAN (e.g. http://www.cpan.org ),
>> maybe there are even binary packages for your operating
>> system available.
>> I'd use the latest stable version.
>
> Whats the difference between a module and a bundle as i can
> see while downloading DBI from CPAN website.
> What exactly needs to be downloaded . I'm kind of not sure about it.
I have never heard of a 'bundle' in context with Perl but that may
be because I know little about Perl.
DBI can be got from
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBI/DBI-1.53.tar.gz
and DBD-Pg is on
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/DBD-Pg-1.49.tar.gz
This is the source code.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
