MySQL and Perl

[Bill H]

I am about to dive into working with MySQL databases in perl and am
looking for any information you all may have on the subject, website
links, modules etc.

Bill H

 

[Ted Zlatanov]

BH> I am about to dive into working with MySQL databases in perl and am
BH> looking for any information you all may have on the subject, website
BH> links, modules etc.

It depends on what you want to do. If you need high-volume stuff or
complex queries, learn MySQL well before you start with Perl. If you
are doing normal usage or don't care to write SQL by hand, get
Rose:B::Object from CPAN and it will automate 95% of your database
interactions, plus it will work on most other DBI-compatible databases.

Ted

 

[xhoster]

I am about to dive into working with MySQL databases in perl and am
looking for any information you all may have on the subject, website
links, modules etc.

What do you already know about MySQL and Perl? What I mostly used
was:

"MySQL" by Paul DuBois
perldoc DBI
perldoc DBD::mysql

And I found them mostly satisfactory.

Xho

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[cartercc]

I am about to dive into working with MySQL databases in perl and am
looking for any information you all may have on the subject, website
links, modules etc.

Bill H

Dubois wrote two books, one on MySQL and one on Perl and MySQL. The
one on Perl and MySQL is outstanding. I bought it years ago and am
still reading it. Yeah, it's that helpful.

On the database, look at PostgreSQL. It's far superior to MySQL, and
you can use Perl as the PL. It has far more in common with DB2 and
Oracle than with MySQL. I've used MySQL for about ten years and
PostgreSQL for almost four, and have had ample opportunity to compare
them side by side, and PostgreSQL is by far the superior product.

The big selling point for MySQL is speed, but there really isn't a
difference. I suppose if you get into big, industrial sized databases
MySQL may have a speed advantage, but if you are into big, industrial
sized databases, you won't be using MySQL.

CC

 

[xhoster]

The big selling point for MySQL is speed, but there really isn't a
difference.

To me the biggest selling point of MySQL is simplicity, not speed. But
the speed is nice.

I suppose if you get into big, industrial sized databases
MySQL may have a speed advantage, but if you are into big, industrial
sized databases, you won't be using MySQL.

I use MySQL for big, industrial sized databases. I also use Oracle for
other big, industrial sized databases. Horses for courses.

Xho

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[cartercc]

To me the biggest selling point of MySQL is simplicity, not speed. But
the speed is nice.

Simplicity is in the eye of the beholder. One reason I like PGSQL is
because of its simplicity. When you use MySQL, you have all the
databases in the same server. When you use PGSQL, each database is in
its own server. Log into MySQL and you can see all the other
databases. You can't do that with PGSQL.

I use MySQL for big, industrial sized databases. I also use Oracle for
other big, industrial sized databases. Horses for courses.

Depends on what you mean by 'big, industrial size.' Last time I
checked, which was a couple of versions ago, PGSQL could hold a lot
more data than MySQL. May have changed and I haven't looked at it
recently, but PGSQL also does subselects, user defined datatypes and
user defined functions. PGSQL also has an array datatype, which is
real nifty if you ever have to struggle with data that can't be
normalized.

Don't get me wrong. I like MySQL and am a long time user of MySQL. I
just like PGSQL better. I also like vi better than emacs, Perl better
than Python, and Windows better than Mac, so chalk this up to merely
personal preference.

CC