sql/perl/dbi reference?

Tim Bunce Tim.Bunce at pobox.com
Fri Aug 16 03:13:16 CDT 2002


On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 05:47:18PM -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:36:09AM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > Good DBI book... there isn't one AFAIK.  The O'Reilly book is the only one I
> > > know of and it isn't much more than out-of-date man pages on dead trees. :(
> > 
> > Some might say that's a little unfair.
> 
> It's because the DBI man page is so well written and comprehensive, why
> would anyone need a book? [1]

Some people seem to prefer the 'guide+examples' rather than 'reference' format.
(Personally, I usually get along find with reference material.)

> [1] This was transmitted at 33.6K bps [2]
> 
> [2] Backpedals Per Statement

:-)

Tim.



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