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Kregards,
Ackim.
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From: Peter Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ackim Chisha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: Searching a MYSQL database
> Try this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> us
Peter,
Thanks I seem to be making some progress.
- Original Message -
From: Peter Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ackim Chisha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: Searching a MYSQL database
> Try this:
>
>
Thanks Jos,
Your link is helpful and a good starter.
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From: Jos I. Boumans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ackim Chisha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Searching a MYSQL database
> Sure, you c
probably
knew that.
Check out these for more info:
perldoc DBI
perldoc DBD::mysql
Pete Hanson
source1results.com
-Original Message-
From: Ackim Chisha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 1:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Searching a MYSQL database
People,
Fo
Yes, it's possible.
What you need is to install Perl database modules (DBI) and Perl driver for
MySQL (DBD::MySQL). Maybe your distribution of perl already contains these.
Then, you can connect to the database and do whatever you need to. I'd
recommend you to read the documentation for DBI (wr
ld get
you started:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/10/DBI.html
hth
Jos Boumans
- Original Message -
From: "Ackim Chisha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Searching a MYSQL database
People,
Forgive me am a newbi
People,
Forgive me am a newbie just started learning perl two days ago. I would like to find
out if its possible with perl I can search a MYSQL database for a particular username
and look for for the expiry date and compare it with the current date to determine
whether expired or not.
Any help
