Re: [GENERAL] perl access

2004-06-14 Thread Tom Allison
Jim Seymour wrote: Like this: my $data_source = "dbi:Pg:dbname=mydatabase"; ^^^ thank you very much. Now if I could just authenticate correctly... ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please

Re: [GENERAL] perl access

2004-06-14 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, I do not believe that to be the case. DBD::SPI is experimental but DBD: Pg is quite stable and I believe DBD is a requirement that works WITH DBI. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake Tom Allison wrote: I'm used to using the DBI modules in perl. The online docs mention DBD as expiremental. I'm think

Re: [GENERAL] perl access

2004-06-14 Thread Jim Seymour
Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm stuck on something stupid. > > I'm trying to use perl to open up a database handle and I can't find the > right database dsn string. > > my $data_source = "dbi:Pg:mydatabase"; > my $username = "mydatebasereader"; > my $auth = "secret"; > > my $dbh