Thread: Connecting to an External DB (repost)

how do I connect to an external postgresql db on ip 1.2.3.4 using DBI and
perl?  any other ways to do it in perl?

Hale wrote:
> how do I connect to an external postgresql db on ip 1.2.3.4 using DBI and
> perl?  any other ways to do it in perl?

perldoc DBD::Pg
perldoc DBI

The "perldoc" command offers access to all of Perl's built-in
documentation as well as almost all modules too.

There's always more than one way to do it in Perl - you don't say what's
wrong with DBI though

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   Richard Huxton
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