David Christensen wrote:
On 04/17/2012 08:28 PM, flebber wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good book/s for Perl and learning how to handle
XPath,XML,SQL, XQuery.
I would like to know better how to handle and retrieve text formats
and utilise database storage of the data.
Sorry I should have pointed out in ref to above I meant to add using
perl tools DBI etc. Which perl tools and how to use them.
All help appreciated
"Programming the Perl DBI; Database programming with Perl" is the
canonical book on Perl/ DBI:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565926998.do
But, the MySQL and PostgreSQL books I've read also included chapters
or sections for various programming languages, including Perl.
If you're doing simple database stuff and/or want to interface with
various data stores (plain text/ CSV, SQLite, MS Excel/ Access/ SQL
Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.), the first book would be
better. If you're going to do hard-core database stuff ("large"
amounts of data, vendor-specific optimizations/ features, internal
programming languages/ stored procedures, etc.), choose your engine
and find a matching book with a Perl chapter.
HTH,
David
There also is, slightly newer (2003), "Perl Database Programming"
(Wiley) ISBN 978-0-7645-4956-4.
Though it is more directed to web programming it covers all the
fundamentals.
I used it as an introduction to DB programming.
K.D.J.
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