Re: DBI

>>>>> "EC" == Ene Cosmin <cosmox(at)email(dot)ro> writes:

EC> Hi. I need to know if I configure my psql with perl library I also need
EC> the DBI::Pg class for quering my database in psql?. The following example
EC> will work?

EC> ------
EC> use DBI;

EC> $dbh = new DBI( 'dbi:Pg:database;host', 'user', 'secret' );
EC> if( ! $dbh->dbh ){
EC> echo "Could not connect to the database.<br>\n";
EC> exit( );
EC> }

EC> $sth = $dbh->prepare( 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM some_table' );

EC> and sow on...

EC> ------

EC> What else do I need to install for quering a database in this
way?

It seems to me your example is right.

So you need modules: Pg (installs together with postgresql), DBI and
DBD::Pg.

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