In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Froese) wrote:
> what module(s) would I need to connect to an access database?
use the DBI module.
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=DBI
perhaps with an ODBC driver
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=DBD-ODBC
> and if I code an app that uses an access database, can that be easily
> changed to MySQL or whatever just by changing the connect string?
aside from using special database server features, you simply
use a different DBD.
you may also like to see my review of _Programming the Perl DBI_
on
http://www.perl.org/books/recommendations.html
good luck :)
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