> > Ok, I need to ask you guys for some help and advice. > I am working on learning Perl, but am having a hard time. I am very > familiar with C++, but Perl seems a lot more complex for some reason. > I currently have CGI Programming with Perl from O'Reilly, and > Using Perl > 5 for Web Programming from Que publishing. These seem like good books, > but just aren't working for me.
Since it looks like your working in a Win32 Environment, here is a tutorial great for starters. Then of course you want to get "Learning Perl" and "Programming Perl" books: http://www.sthomas.net/roberts-perl-tutorial.htm > > I guess I should explain my goals. I have my Windows machine set up > running IIS (just for testing) and mySQL 4 alpha. I want to learn to > make simple databases using Perl and mySQL. Just simple things like > Guestbooks are being hard on me, let alone anything else. I > was thinking > of making an AD&D character tracker just for fun (since it's normally > easier to learn things if you are having fun too), but I can't even > fathom how to do some of these things, such as having a list of number > (whereas in c++ it would be int foo[x];) in mySQL. I would highly suggest grabbing a copy of "Programming the perl DBI". In the meantime you should print out and read 'perldoc dbi' after you install the DBI module. > > I can find very little online oddly enough that doesn't seem over my > head on mySQL and Perl. Does anyone have a good beginner's tutorial on > mySQL and Perl? I understand simple file i/o, but it doesn't seem to > apply the same and gets really complicated quickly with mySQL. The DBI book is also has good info on SQL and mySQL, also try: http://www.sqlcourse.com/ http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
