My module has now been uploaded as:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/ML/MLFISHER/SQL-AnchoredWildcards-1.0.tar.g
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along with the appropriate readme file. Could you please enter it onto the
modules list? The DSLI entry should be:
DSLI entry:
SQL::
::AnchoredWildcards Rdpf SQL LIKE terms with '^' and '$' anchors
Thanks!
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Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Indianapolis, IN, USA
"Display some adaptability." -- Doug Shaftoe, _Cryptonomicon_
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fisher Mark
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:31 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: PAUSE Registration
>
> Name:
> Mark Leighton Fisher
>
> Email:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Homepage:
> None, although you can look at
> http://www.ips.k12.in.us/ms107/ as an example of my Web work
> if you really need to.
>
> Preferred CPAN user-ID:
> MLFISHER
>
> DSLI entry:
> SQL::
> ::AnchoredWildcards Rdpf SQL LIKE terms with '^' and '$' anchors
>
> Description:
> This is what I posted today to comp.lang.perl.modules,
> although I would also keep a copy of my version of ls(1) from
> http://language.perl.com/ppt/ under my PAUSE user-ID.
>
> ********** posted 2000/03/14 **********
> SQL::AnchoredWildcards would make SQL LIKE terms unanchored
> by default, like
> the way most Internet search engines work. For example, if
> you want to
> search for "zipper" embedded in sentences like:
> The zipper was invented in...
> with a normal SQL LIKE you must remember to use
> %zipper%
> as your search term. Notice that this is different from most Internet
> search engines which let you use just:
> zipper
> as your search term. This confuses the Internet-literate but
> SQL-novice
> user (not to mention the SQL-unknowing user). I already have
> this working
> and in place here at TCE in a Web gateway to one of our
> Oracle databases.
> As I'm not yet a CPAN author (although I've got a version of ls(1) at
> http://language.perl.com/ppt/), if people think that
> SQL::AnchoredWildcards
> would be useful, I would like to become a CPAN author.
>
> The documentation so far for SQL::AnchoredWildcards is below.
> ==========================================================
> Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Indianapolis, IN
> "Display some adaptability." -- Doug Shaftoe, _Cryptonomicon_
>
>
>
> NAME
> SQL::AnchoredWildcards - add anchors ('^', '$') to SQL wildcards
>
> SYNOPSIS
> use SQL::AnchoredWildcards;
> $pattern = sql_anchor_wildcards($pattern);
>
> DESCRIPTION
> SQL::AnchorWildcards enhances the default SQL wildcard
> processing by adding support for '^' and '$' as in Perl regular
> expressions. When using sql_anchor_wildcards(), if the pattern
> does not contain '^' ('$'), the search pattern is unanchored at
> the beginning (end). Escaping of '^' and '$' is done with '\'.
>
> Please also note that '$' is properly escaped for Perl's
> benefit.
>
> AUTHOR
> Mark Leighton Fisher, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> SEE ALSO
> perl(1).
> ********** end posting **********
>
>
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> Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Indianapolis, IN
> "Display some adaptability." -- Doug Shaftoe, _Cryptonomicon_
>