LPM: RE: Meeting topics

[Lang Loren]

I, too, would be interested in DBI (as well as some of the other topics)
since I know very little about it indeed (as well as some of the other
topics).  

The second part of this message brings up an interesting (to me, anyway)
thought.  Would anyone else be interested in starting some sort of code
repository among the group?  Not anything fancy (yet) but just some place to
collect code snippets and special functions (things that aren't big enough
for a module & CPAN) that we might have written to make them available to
the rest.  I realize that there are others out there, but it couldn't hurt,
could it?  Who knows - it might provide valuable insight into how Mik's mind
actually works if we could read his code - or at least stare at it and glaze
over...:-> )

I'd be willing to take maintain it if it seems like a good idea.  I have
more thoughts on how it could be used, but will keep to myself until further
notice.

Loren Lang	
Director of Information Systems

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	casillo [SMTP:casillo at ix20.ix.netcom.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:55 PM
> To:	lexington-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org
> Subject:	LPM: Meeting topics
> 
> I'd like a discussion on DBI. I think anyone could benefit from a
> discussion on
> using Perl to connect to databases, and the DBI module makes this a
> wonderful
> thing. I think beginners and gurus alike would gain, and maybe we could
> make the
> discussion two parts. The beginner side could be how to get, install, and
> use the
> module; the guru side could be something like building an example
> database-driven
> web site with DBI and Perl.
> 
> Since Nat Torkington was at the last meeting, perhaps some of the morsels
> in the
> Perl Cookbook deserve discussion. I'm sure there are several clever
> snippets of
> Perl code among us for tasks like updating files in place, handling logs,
> or
> taking over the world to name a few.
> 
> Weighing in (20 lbs. overweight),
> Gregg
>