Re: DBI connection to multiple database

From: nolan(at)celery(dot)tssi(dot)com
To: SJohnson6(at)bcbsm(dot)com (Johnson, Shaunn)
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org (\"pg-general E-mail\")
Subject: Re: DBI connection to multiple database
Date: 2003-05-21 15:59:25
Message-ID: 20030521155925.14419.qmail@celery.tssi.com
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> Is there a way to connect to one database, extract data,
> (say, some select query) and then export that data
> into another database without having to table the
> data into a file of some sort?

I have done this with both PERL and PHP programs.

In general, I think the PERL DBI is a bit easier to use as it will
handle character or text fields with quotes in them without any
programming, whereas in PHP it is necessary to use ereg_replace to
prepare those fields before doing an insert with them.

I think the PERL DBI also does a better job of handling null fields,
for example in dates.
--
Mike Nolan

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