Re: Perl used for Oracle?

Using the "DBI" interface to the Oracle DBD drivers is a more elegant solution to your problem. The DBI & DBD modules are not part of the perl distribution so you'll need to download them from CPAN. I normally do my development on an NT system at home and move them to a unix system without trouble.

The DBI modules are pretty easy to use, just follow the examples.

If you don't already lurk in comp.lang.perl.misc, you probably want to give it a try.

On 23 Nov 1999 19:26:25 PST, NJN <ibm_97_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>I will write some perl script to do Oracle admin job. I'm new to Perl.
>My questions:
>
>1. In perl, how can I call OS(in Unix) command, such as 'sqlplus'?
>2. Also, how can I 'select * from v$database' after I enter 'sqlplus' in
>perl?
>3. which book is best for Perl?
>
>Thanks a lot!!!!! Pls also email me a copy.
>
Received on Tue Nov 23 1999 - 21:53:21 CST