Hi!

I don't have any experiences with Perl, so please explain everything like I was a child

I has just installed ActivePerl on my IIS 5 server. It works fine. I have used MySql databases with my ASP work for about 1 year, and I knows almost everything about that. But I would like to use the MySql database in my Perl/CGI scripts. I have read that I need DBI before I can do that. I got MySqlMan, but it wont work.

Anybody who can tell me what to do? I have no clue...



- Jimmi Kolmorgen



Sorry about my English, its not so good because im a Dane

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I have used MySql databases with my ASP work for about 1 year, and I knows almost everything about that.
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You know everything after a year?....I wish I had a memory like yours ;)

As for mysql/perl, there are tons of resources on the net, namely perldoc.com and mysql.com

Some specific links:

http://perldoc.com/...p;restrict=perl5.6.1

http://dbi.perl.org/doc/index.html

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You know everything after a year?....I wish I had a memory like yours ;)

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Im working on one of the biggest Soccersites in Denmark, so I have to update with a lot ot the things going on behind the site



Is it any of these files???

http://www.activestate.com/...ips/5xx-builds-only/



And how does I install it?

Hi,

Use `ppm`. It's Activestates package manager. You'll need to type from command prompt (may need to cd \perl\bin):

ppm install DBI

and also:

ppm install DBD-mysql

and might as well put on:

ppm install Digest-MD5
ppm install MIME-Base64

as they are very useful. Once that's installed, try a test script:

use DBI;
my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:DATABASENAME:localhost', 'USERNAME', 'PASSWORD', { RaiseError => 1 });
print "Connected!\n";
$dbh->disconnect;

and you should be good to go!

Cheers,

Alex
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