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Perl: Database: DBI: View: How to view all your installed DBD modules?

Dec 27th, 2004 17:10
Knud van Eeden,

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Perl: Database: DBI: View: How to view all your installed DBD modules?

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Method: Run a Perl program

Steps: Overview:

 1. -Create the following program

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#!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe

use strict;

use DBI;

print "Here follows a list of DBI drivers:\n";

my @your_available_drivers = DBI->available_drivers( 'quiet' );

my $driver;

foreach $driver (@your_available_drivers)

{

 print "$driver\n";

}

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 2. -Save this program

     e.g. as 'mydbi.pl'

 3. -Run this program from the MSDOS command line:

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perl c:\temp\mydbi.pl

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 4. -This will output similar to the following:

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Here follows a list of DBI drivers:

ExampleP
Proxy
mysql

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Tested successfully on Microsoft Windows XP Professional, running
ActiveState Perl v5.6.630

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Internet: see also:

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[Internet: source: http://perl.about.com/library/weekly/aa032701a.htm]

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Perl: Database: Link: Overview: Can you give an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/33044/fid/654

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