Re: pgperl vs dbd-perl

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Sean Davis <sdavis2(at)mail(dot)nih(dot)gov>
Cc: David <dbree(at)duo-county(dot)com>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgperl vs dbd-perl
Date: 2005-08-10 03:28:13
Message-ID: 42F9744D.5000408@commandprompt.com
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>>Is PgPerl still viable or is DBD the way to go?
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> DBD::Pg is the way to go, for numerous reasons. DBI is very well supported.
> More importantly, almost all database-related work is done by building on
> DBI. Interfacing your own code with those of others is then relatively
> straightforward. See, for some examples, DBIx::RecordSet or Class::DBI.
> Finally, if you every need to port to another database product (GASP!), DBI
> is fairly easy to adapt (depending on DB-specific SQL).

DBI/DBD is also what Perl considers standard.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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> Sean
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