| Accessing your MySQL database with Perl The Perl module,
DBI.pm is a convenient way to connect to the database from within Perl scripts.
Please read the documentation about DBI.pm. Full documentation for the Perl module
use is available from:
http://search.cpan.org/doc/JWIED/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2214/mysql/lib/DBD/mysql.pm
Here are the basics of connecting: (Please be advised that we can not
support your custom programming or scripts) Note: substitute the
following values in the script below: $hostname = the database server
(i.e. www.jpworld.com), $database = the new database (named after your
username), $user = your username and $password = the password you
set. use DBI; $driver = "mysql"; $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password); Please see the documentation
referenced above for more information. |