You would actually be better off using ActiveState's Perl Package Manager
(PPM). If you are not familiar with it or CPAN, it is a command line tool
that simplifies the task of installing modules.
To invoke ppm on the command line, simply issue the command 'ppm'.
At the ppm prompt, if you know t
After reading someone's comment about problems with CPAN, I noticed I was
suddenly having the same problem. Here is the solution:
If you are trying to grab modules from ftp.cpan.org the path has apparently
changed from what CPAN thinks it is. You need to go to
$PERLROOT/lib/perl5/$VERSION/CPAN an
Then your best bet would be either wxPerl, available form
http://www.wxwindows.org or Perl/Tk
Michael D. Risser
Java Developer
Machine Vision Products, Inc.
760-438-1138 ext 107
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-Original Message-
From: Michael Risser
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:48 AM
To: 'Patrick Tinley'
Subject: RE: email on win32
I had been thinking about installing Mail::Mailer on my system, and ater
reading your post I went ahead and tried it.
If you do 'search Mail'
The best resource I have found is the O'Reilly book "Programming the Perl
DBI".
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 1997 10:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Mysql interface with perl on win 2k, Someone please help
like you.
> -Original Message-
> From: Johnathan Thibodeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:46 PM
> To: Michael Risser
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: DBI
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> Once you've connected to your database with co
I'm trying to write a Perl script which will connect to a MySQL database and
create certain tables if they do not already exist. Is there a way to send a
query such as "SHOW TABLES" and read the result into a variable for parsing?
Michael D. Risser
Mac
