Using MySQL

2002-10-14 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi all, I want to start learning MySQL. I've downloaded MySQL for Windows, because I will use it under Win 2k. Can you tell me what else do I need to use MySQL databases? What DBI, DBM, DBD, etc modules I need to be able to use it? With MySQL I am at the level 0 for the moment, I don't know a

Howto efficiently tail a win32 Logfile?

2002-10-14 Thread Joel Hughes
Hi, I need to set up a perl job which will process the lastest entries on an IIS web logfile. E.g. every (say) 5 mins, a job will run processing new additions to the file. What is the best way to go about this? Should I (when the process runs): 1) read thru the IIS logfile until I reach the des