Perl Authors Upload Server wrote at Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:17:52 +0200:
>
> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
>
> modid: DBI::Simple
> DSLIP: bdpOg
> description: Simple DBI connection and query execution.
> userid: SMCMURRAY (Sean McMurray)
> chapterid: 7 (Database_Interfaces)
> communities:
>
> similar:
There is already a
DBIx::Simple
module.
> rationale:
>
> I named it 'Simple' because it reduces DBI to two calls: new and
> execute. e.g.:
>
> $db = new DBI::Simple 'mysql.conf'; if (@rows =
> $db->execute("select id from emp where name='Bill'")){ foreach
> (@rows){ $db->execute("delete from emp where id=?", $_); } }
> $db->execute("insert into emp(name) values('Bill')");
>
> I think this module belongs in the DBI namespace because it spans
> DBD modules. The conf file is a small XML file that holds the name
> of your DBD, and whatever parameters you wish to pass to that DBD.
No, if it would be a DBD module,
it should fit into the DBD::* namespace.
If it is an extension (also a reduce is an extension),
it should be under the DBIx::* namespace
unless it has a very strong relation to the DBI module, e.g. like
DBI::Shell
Greetings,
Janek
