RE: :) What you can't do in java you can do in perl

> DBI is the best open source database interface available.
Having done both Perl and Python I'll concede that DBI DBD::Oracle is superior. But the Python equivalent has been good enough for my purposes. Attesting to Python's glue-between-systems-and-software capabilities (like Perl), someone has developed a Python interface to DBI. It doesn't seem to be used much in the Python community and it seemed too weird so I never looked into it.=20

Steve Orr
Certifiable, former Perl dude, burgeoning Pythonista, Perlmonger executioner :-)

Btw, I've used and even developed my own HTTP web servers in Python. (I demo'd it in my IOUG presentation.) Where can I find such a thing in Perl?

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Subject: Re: :) What you can't do in java you can do in perl

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:53:50 -0600, Orr, Steve <sorr_at_rightnow.com> wrote:
> Avoid CGI if performance is an issue. You can get some really good=20
> performance with mod_python (or mod_perl). I did a benchmark test with

> mod_python with connection pooling where I could re-use parsed SQL=20
> with bind variables and I got an orders of magnitude boost in=20
> performance.

>=20

I've been tempted to try Python, but have had no compelling reason.

If there was anything to compete with Tim Bunce's DBI and DBD::Oracle modules, I would give it a try. But there isn't. DBI is the best open source database interface available.

--=20
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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