I use perl every day for a variety of tasks also - but mostly scripts that access different MySQL databases to run queries,produce reports, import of data , exports to csv/excel/PDF etc
Main advantage is speed - our users want everything RIGHT NOW ! I start a new SQL server DBA job next week but I am sure I will be using perl in there some how ;-)) cheers Mike Rabbitt Perl/MySQL - DBA/Developer Legal Advice Bureau : 0845-055-0505 http://www.legaladvicebureau.co.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must not, read, disseminate, distribute, copy, use, retain or take any action in reliance on the content of the information contained in this message or any part of it. Please notify the sender immediately by email or telephone (+ 44161 908 2221) if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Legal Advice Bureau Ltd does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Please note that neither Legal Advice Bureau Ltd nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses contained in this email and attachments (if any). Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Legal Advice Bureau Ltd shall be u! nderstood as neither given nor endorsed by it unless specifically stated. It is expressly declared that this email does not constitute nor form part of a contract or unilateral obligation. Please note that emails sent to Legal Advice Bureau Ltd will be monitored. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO Sent: 28 April 2005 17:07 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: General question. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, all! > > Is there any serious usage of Perl for Windows? > > Here, in Moscow, I know quite few programmers who used to develop > using Perl (under UNIX). And I doubt they still do. > > As for me, I find Perl quite handy and useful. And what they've done > in PDK is amazing I guess. But I use it on my own, "for fun". And > still I can't see the place of Perl among the other > languages/platforms. Nobody here can I guess. > > So, let us start our little survey, shall we? ;) First question: > > Why do YOU use Perl for Windows? 1) Work on MVS, but don't have access to Perl under MVS. Download a number of files and process under Perl to use in a more user firendly setup. 2) Until I had to move to a Sun box, I ran a whole series of scripts which worked off trigger files and send in the neighborhood of 50k+ emails a month internally on probably around a hour a day of processing. 3) Assist other developers on a regular basis of taking data and generating into another format for Sql queries or reformatting data in preparation of being loaded into another database ( MS Access ) I use it for all things and have yet to find anything else that is as useful and quick to respond to a users need. Wags ;) > > Thanks in advance, > Artem A. Avetisyan. > > P.S. > THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL ACTION!! I'm just interested ;) > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs ******************************************************* This message contains information that is confidential and proprietary to FedEx Freight or its affiliates. It is intended only for the recipient named and for the express purpose(s) described therein. Any other use is prohibited. ******************************************************* _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
