Perl DBI
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History
In September 1992, Buzz Moschetti, creator of interperl, observed that several bespoke compiled extensions of perl (at the time, perl version 4 or more commonly perl4) featuring connectivity to popular SQL-based databases had emerged, namely Interbase, Informix, Oracle, and Sybase. He
engaged the authors of these bespoke versions
Features
The DBI and DBD Perl packages allow Perl programmers to access many database environments in a standard way. The system implements each supported database environment as a DBD driver, in much the same way that hardware devices from multiple vendors can operate with different
.Similar projects
PHP 5 has a similar interface called PHP Data Objects (PDO).[3] Java's Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is also similar.
References
- ^ "Reflections on Perl and DBI from an Early Contributor". 8 July 2010.
- ^ "DBI::Changes - List of significant changes to the DBI - metacpan.org". Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "PHP: Introduction - Manual".
External links
- Official website
- DBI module documentation on MetaCPAN
- DBD drivers on MetaCPAN
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