[Phoenix-pm] Running a SQL program within PERL DBI

Michael Friedman friedman at highwire.stanford.edu
Wed Mar 15 15:56:32 PST 2006


Peter,

I'm with Scott on this one, minus the attitude. (I'm not nearly as  
grumpy today. I've had extra caffeine. :-) )

You can't make a completely generic "run this SQL" method. To do so  
would be to basically be rewriting DBI or one of the similar  
packages. Also, the DBI model is to send one command at a time and  
then get results. Using it to send "a file full of requests" is fine,  
but the way to do it is to open the file and submit each statement  
separately. It is nonsensical to "submit a SQL file through DBI". DBI  
isn't built for that model of submission.

Now, what I actually think you have here is a case where each file  
contains one and only one SQL statement. In that degenerate case  
you'd read in a "file" and get a statement from it, not a list of  
statements. In which case, you can read in the file, put all the  
lines into a string variable and then submit that as a statement. But  
I'm completely guessing.

Perhaps some higher-level context of your problem would help us to  
get a better idea of what you're really trying to do. Asking a  
detailed question will often get you a detailed answer, but sometimes  
it's not the answer you're looking for...

But yes, this list is for both novices and experts. Please feel free  
to ask any questions and someone will at least try to help. Scott's  
great at that, actually, as long as you don't *keep* asking the same  
question.

-- Mike

On Mar 15, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Scott Walters wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> I thought I was "the greatest".  You changed your mind in a hurry.
>
> Sorry if I hurt your feelings.  From my point of view, several people
> were telling you things that were absolutely correct and helpful, but
> they weren't "hitting their mark", so to speak.  But it's often this
> way.  Novices ask for advice; they reject what they're given,
> mistakeningly thinking their case is special and they're just
> misunderstood and then repeat their question, over and over; people
> repeat their answers, correct in their assessment of the situation;
> everyone gets frustrated.  I just hurry the process along when I
> see things starting to go in circles.   Sometimes the novice in  
> question
> suddenly "gets it"; sometimes pride gets in the way, and being yelled
> at is considered unacceptable, even if it really is necessary.  Some
> will disagree as to its necessity; for them, I offer a few years on
> a Perl help channel on IRC >=)  We'll talk about it after then.
>
> Anyway, I'm not aggitated at you.  I just thought the answers needed
> some more emphasis.  I'm sorry that you read it that way.  It is
> true that I'm a grumpy old cuss.  If you don't post on any list with
> a grupy old cuss, well, you're limiting yourself to not many lists ;)
>
> -scott
>
>
> On  0, "Loo, Peter # PHX" <Peter.Loo at source.wolterskluwer.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> Sorry that is I have gotten into your skin, however, I thought  
>> this was
>> a group to discuss and share ideas without any limitation of the  
>> level
>> of PERL knowledge.  It appear to me that you just don't like anything
>> that is not your way.  Don't worry about blocking me out of this  
>> group
>> as I don't plan to return.  Brock, Mike and the rest, I am sincerely
>> grateful for your inputs.
>>
>> Best regards.
>>
>> Peter Loo
>> Wolters Kluwer Health
>> (602) 381-9553
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Walters [mailto:scott at illogics.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:58 PM
>> To: Loo, Peter # PHX
>> Cc: Brock; phoenix-pm at pm.org
>> Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Running a SQL program within PERL DBI
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>>> My goal is to have a generic PERL sub_routine that I can pass one to
>>> many arguments (including the sql file name) and have it perform the
>>> SQL statement that is within the sql file dynamically so that we can
>>> reuse the same sub_routine for all select statement sql files.  Does
>>> that make sense?  I am all for reusing of code and not reinvent the
>>> wheel each
>>
>> Stop repeating it this.  If it doesn't make sense, then do something
>> else.
>> If it does, then we get it already.
>>
>> You have a choice: you can re-implement parts of the SQL shell in  
>> Perl,
>> or you can call the SQL shell.
>>
>> You keep talking about reading the file and passing the SQL... you  
>> know
>> how to do both of these things already.
>>
>> Funneling all SQL SELECT statements through one routine is silly.
>> Refactor your code however you like, but this artifical goal will  
>> only
>> hurt you.  If you find you're writing a lot of similar routines, then
>> learn how to write closures.  No, I don't want to talk about this or
>> debate it; no slight intended, but this kind of simplistic view of  
>> "one
>> routine to do all" is characteristic of novices.  People who have  
>> been
>> doing this for a while know there's give and take.  Routines get  
>> split
>> out, then made into object methods, and those objects get configured
>> with more objects they delegate to, then common logic is re- 
>> grouped into
>> a routine somewhere, and so on.  Trying to do all of any sort of  
>> thing
>> in one places ignores the inherent complexity in a program.   
>> That's like
>> saying "I want to paint the world PINK!".
>> But, I said this isn't up for discussion.  If I see it again, I'm
>> telling mutt to ignore this thread.
>>
>>> time I have an need to run a select statement.  I suppose I can read
>>> in the sql file like Michael Friedman had suggested earlier in the
>>> chain of emails.  I was just hoping not to have to read in the sql
>>> statement contained in the sql file and assigning it to a variable
>>> before doing the $dbh->prepare.
>>
>> You want to execute it in Perl and not read it in?  I think you  
>> need to
>> focus on what you're really trying to accomplish and concentrate  
>> less on
>> how you do it, because you're starting to get silly.  I can't imagine
>> the real problem actually suggests a reading/not-reading paradox.
>>
>>> I need to do some brain storming.  :)  Not going to give up yet as I
>>> am dealing with one of my two favorite languages.  :)
>>
>> If you want to run it through Perl, read it in and DBI.  If you  
>> want to
>> run it in the database shell, either do so directly or from a
>> subprocess.
>> Either way, quit trying to do both-and-neither-at-the-same-time.  I
>> assure you it will be entirely unproductive.
>>
>> By the way, there's often no clear solution (at least the programmer
>> working on something), and in that case, don't fuss with it  
>> endlessly.
>> Do it one way and be done with it, and if a clear solution occurs  
>> to you
>> later, go back and change it.
>>
>> -scott
>>
>>>
>>> Peter Loo
>>> Wolters Kluwer Health
>>> (602) 381-9553
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Brock [mailto:awwaiid at thelackthereof.org]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:02 PM
>>> To: Loo, Peter # PHX
>>> Cc: Scott Walters; phoenix-pm at pm.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Running a SQL program within PERL DBI
>>>
>>> Using DBI is completely different then piping things to sqlplus.  
>>> I was
>>
>>> just doing a direct translation of your example, not really  
>>> trying to
>>> imply that it was a good idea.
>>>
>>> Perl DBI does NOT use sqlplus as the driver.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately your question doesn't make much sense... if your .sql
>>> has a select it could have many selects and it could have all  
>>> sorts of
>>
>>> things. The problem is that how can your program know what it
>> contains?
>>> It seems what you need to do is put the select like queries directly
>>> into perl, as we demonstrated to you in earlier emails. Doing the
>>> whole fetchrow_arrayref thing that you were already doing.
>>>
>>> Make sense?
>>>
>>> --Brock
>>>
>>> On 2006.03.15.13.55, Loo, Peter # PHX wrote:
>>> |
>>> | Hi Brock,
>>> |
>>> | Is PERL DBI using "sqlplus" within Oracle driver?  If so, it can't
>>> | be efficient.  Secondly, what if you have a "SELECT" statement in
>>> | the .sql program and if you want to loop through each row?
>>> |
>>> | Peter Loo
>>> | Wolters Kluwer Health
>>> | (602) 381-9553
>>> |
>>> | -----Original Message-----
>>> | From: Brock [mailto:awwaiid at thelackthereof.org]
>>> | Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:52 PM
>>> | To: Loo, Peter # PHX
>>> | Cc: Scott Walters; phoenix-pm at pm.org
>>> | Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Running a SQL program within PERL DBI
>>> |
>>> | Sure... what you are doing here is opening an external program and
>>> | piping it data on STDIN. There are several ways to do this in
>> Perl...
>>> |
>>> | Here's one (a rough guess):
>>> |
>>> |   # Initiate those vars (pull them from %ENV?)
>>> |   my $dbuser = ...;
>>> |   my $dbpass = ...;
>>> |   my $dbconn = ...;
>>> |   my $mailProgFile = ...;
>>> |
>>> |   open my $sqlplus, "|-", "sqlplus -s /NOLOG" or die "ERROR: $! 
>>> \n";
>>> |   print $sqlplus <<"  HERE";
>>> |     connect ${dbuser}/${dbpass}@${dbconn}
>>> |     @${mailProgFile}.sql
>>> |   HERE
>>> |
>>> | More or less. Eh?
>>> |
>>> | --Brock
>>> |
>>> | On 2006.03.15.13.19, Loo, Peter # PHX wrote:
>>> | |
>>> | | Hi Scott,
>>> | |
>>> | | So will it be correct to assume that PERL DBI can not execute an
>>> | | SQL
>>>
>>> | | program?  For example, I can do this with Korn shell:
>>> | |
>>> | |     sqlplus -s /NOLOG << EOF
>>> | |       connect ${DBUSER}/${DBPASS}@${DBCONN}
>>> | |       @${MailProgFile}.sql
>>> | |
>>> | | Is this not possible in PERL DBI?
>>> | |
>>> | | Peter Loo
>>> | | Wolters Kluwer Health
>>> | | (602) 381-9553
>>> | |
>>> | | -----Original Message-----
>>> | | From: Scott Walters [mailto:scott at illogics.org]
>>> | | Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:36 PM
>>> | | To: Loo, Peter # PHX
>>> | | Cc: Michael Friedman; phoenix-pm at pm.org
>>> | | Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Running a SQL program within PERL DBI
>>> | |
>>> | | Consider using GetOpt::Std, and most of the time you want this
>>> | | form of
>>> | | for:
>>> | |
>>> | |   for my $thing (@things) { ... stuff with $thing ... }
>>> | |
>>> | | You can always try to read rows and trap errors.
>>> | |
>>> | | -scott
>>> | |
>>> | | On  0, "Loo, Peter # PHX" <Peter.Loo at source.wolterskluwer.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> | | >
>>> | | > Thanks Michael and Scott.  What I am trying to do is  
>>> creating a
>>> | | > generic PERL program that will take in multiple arguments such
>> as:
>>> | | >
>>> | | >   for (my $cnt = -1; $cnt < $#ARGV; $cnt++) {
>>> | | >     my ($flag, $value) = split(/=/, $ARGV[$cnt]);
>>> | | >     switch ($flag) {
>>> | | >       case "-dd" { $d_dbName = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-dt" { $d_tblName = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-ds" { $d_SQL = $value }
>>> | | >       case "-sd" { $s_dbName = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-st" { $s_tblName = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-ss" { $s_SQL = $value }
>>> | | >       case "-cp" { $commitPoint = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-sf" { $s_funcToPerf = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-df" { $d_funcToPerf = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-d1" { $s_dbDriver = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       case "-d2" { $d_dbDriver = lc($value) }
>>> | | >       else       { print "Unknown flag: $flag\n" }
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >
>>> | | > Then execute accordingly, however, I would like to execute an
>>> | | > external
>>> | |
>>> | | > SQL program that is passed to this generic program.  In the  
>>> case
>>
>>> | | > of an
>>> | |
>>> | | > external SQL program that does SELECT instead of UPDATE or
>>> | | > INSERT,
>>>
>>> | | > I
>>> |
>>> | | > want to loop through the returned rows.  Here is my first  
>>> block
>>> | | > of
>>> | | "if"
>>> | | > statement.
>>> | | >
>>> | | >   if ($s_funcToPerf eq "update") {
>>> | | >     if (!$s_dbName || !$s_dbDriver || !$s_tblName ||
>>> | | > !$commitPoint
>>> | | > ||
>>> | | > !$s_SQL) {
>>> | | >       print "ERROR: Not enough arguments.  Require arguments
>>> | are:\n";
>>> | | >       print "Example: \n";
>>> | | >       print "  Database Name:   -sd=dv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Database Driver: -d1=Oracle\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Table Name:      -st=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | -ss=/usr/local/sql/ppv_update.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Commit Point:    -cp=5000\n";
>>> | | >       exit(666);
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     else {
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_update()\n";
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >   elsif ($s_funcToPerf eq "insert") {
>>> | | >     if (!$s_dbName || !$s_dbDriver || !$s_tblName ||
>>> | | > !$commitPoint
>>> | | > ||
>>> | | > !$s_SQL) {
>>> | | >       print "ERROR: Not enough arguments.  Require arguments
>>> | are:\n";
>>> | | >       print "Example: \n";
>>> | | >       print "  Database Name:   -sd=dv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Database Driver: -d1=Oracle\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Table Name:      -st=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | -ss=/usr/local/sql/ppv_insert.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Commit Point:    -cp=5000\n";
>>> | | >       exit(666);
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     else {
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_insert()\n";
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >   elsif ($d_funcToPerf eq "update") {
>>> | | >     if (!$d_dbName || !$d_dbDriver || !$d_tblName ||
>>> | | >         !$s_dbName || !$s_dbDriver || !$s_tblName ||
>>> | | >         !$s_funcToPerf || !$commitPoint || !$s_SQL || ! 
>>> $d_SQL) {
>>> | | >       print "ERROR: Not enough arguments.  Require arguments
>>> | are:\n";
>>> | | >       print "Example:\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Database Name:   -dd=pv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Database Driver: -d2=ODBC\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Table Name:
>>> | | -dt=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Database Name:        -sd=dv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Database Driver:      -d1=Oracle\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Table Name:
>>> | | -st=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | | > -ss=/usr/local/sql/ppv_select.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | | > -ds=/usr/local/sql/ppv_update.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Function to Perform:  -sf=select\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Commit Point:                -cp=5000\n";
>>> | | >       exit(666);
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     else {
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_select()\n";
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_update()\n";
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >   elsif ($d_funcToPerf eq "insert") {
>>> | | >     if (!$d_dbName || !$d_dbDriver || !$d_tblName ||
>>> | | >         !$s_dbName || !$s_dbDriver || !$s_tblName ||
>>> | | >         !$s_funcToPerf || !$commitPoint || !$s_SQL || ! 
>>> $d_SQL) {
>>> | | >       print "ERROR: Not enough arguments.  Require arguments
>>> | are:\n";
>>> | | >       print "Example:\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Database Name:   -dd=pv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Database Driver: -d2=ODBC\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Table Name:
>>> | | -dt=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Database Name:        -sd=dv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Database Driver:      -d1=Oracle\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Table Name:
>>> | | -st=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | | > -ss=/usr/local/sql/ppv_select.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | | > -ds=/usr/local/sql/ppv_insert.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Function to Perform:  -sf=select\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Commit Point:                -cp=5000\n";
>>> | | >       exit(666);
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     else {
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_select()\n";
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_insert()\n";
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >   elsif ($s_funcToPerf eq "select") {
>>> | | >     if (!$s_dbName || !$s_dbDriver || !$s_tblName ||
>>> | | > !$commitPoint
>>> | ||
>>> | | >         !$d_dbName || !$d_dbDriver || !$d_tblName ||
>>> | | > !$d_funcToPerf
>>> | ||
>>> | | >         !$s_SQL || !$d_SQL) {
>>> | | >       print "ERROR: Not enough arguments.  Require arguments
>>> | are:\n";
>>> | | >       print "Example:\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Database Name:   -dd=pv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Database Driver: -d2=ODBC\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Destination Table Name:
>>> | | -dt=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Database Name:        -sd=dv26\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Database Driver:      -d1=Oracle\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Table Name:
>>> | | -st=p_falcon_projections\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | | > -ss=/usr/local/sql/ppv_select.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  SQL Statement:
>>> | | > -ds=/usr/local/sql/ppv_insert.sql\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Source Function to Perform:  -sf=select\n";
>>> | | >       print "  Commit Point:                -cp=5000\n";
>>> | | >       exit(666);
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     else {
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_select()\n";
>>> | | >       print "Calling sub_insert()\n";
>>> | | >       }
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >   else {
>>> | | >     print "ERROR: Unknown value for database action to
>>> perform.\n";
>>> | | >     exit(666);
>>> | | >     }
>>> | | >
>>> | | >
>>> | | > Peter Loo
>>> | | > Wolters Kluwer Health
>>> | | > (602) 381-9553
>>> | | >
>>> | | > -----Original Message-----
>>> | | > From: Scott Walters [mailto:scott at illogics.org]
>>> | | > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:28 PM
>>> | | > To: Michael Friedman
>>> | | > Cc: Loo, Peter # PHX; phoenix-pm at pm.org
>>> | | > Subject: Re: [Phoenix-pm] Running a SQL program within PERL  
>>> DBI
>>> | | >
>>> | | > Hi Peter,
>>> | | >
>>> | | > Surely you're trying to accomplish more than just running the
>>> | | > SQL or
>>> |
>>> | | > you would just read it in an feed it to DBI.  There's no  
>>> reason
>>> | | > you couldn't call to the database command shell:
>>> | | >
>>> | | >   if(my $pid = fork) {
>>> | | >       waitpid $pid;
>>> | | >   } else {
>>> | | >       close STDIN;
>>> | | >       open STDIN, '<', 'foo.sql' or die $!;
>>> | | >       exec 'mysql', $dbname or die $!;
>>> | | >   }
>>> | | >
>>> | | > ... or something like that.  If you want to use special  
>>> features
>>
>>> | | > of the database command shell or just cash in on its speed,  
>>> this
>>
>>> | | > might be
>>> | |
>>> | | > handy.  Of course, you don't want to try to read values  
>>> from the
>>
>>> | | > database back into Perl over a pipe between two processes...
>>> | | > that's just nasty.
>>> | | >
>>> | | > -scott
>>> | | >
>>> | | >
>>> | | > On  0, Michael Friedman <friedman at highwire.stanford.edu>  
>>> wrote:
>>> | | > > Peter,
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > What I did in that situation was write a couple of  
>>> methods to
>>> | | > > read
>>> |
>>> | | > > in the file, put it into an array, and then loop through the
>>> | | > > array
>>> |
>>> | | > > and make each call. The good news is you only have to write
>>> | | > > that
>>>
>>> | | > > once and then you can reuse it...
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > My only example is using Sybase::DBlib, though, not DBI, but
>>> | | > > the
>>>
>>> | | > > logic
>>> | | >
>>> | | > > would be the same. Sybase uses 'go' on a line by itself  
>>> to end
>>
>>> | | > > a
>>>
>>> | | > > SQL
>>> | |
>>> | | > > command, so we just use that to split up the lines in the  
>>> file
>>
>>> | | > > into commands into the array.
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > You could make this a lot fancier, if you had the need,  
>>> but it
>>
>>> | | > > works
>>> | |
>>> | | > > for me.
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > Good luck,
>>> | | > > -- Mike
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > (sub db_run_script and sub db_run_command_list, below)
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > sub db_run_script #($$)
>>> | | > > {
>>> | | > > 	my $dbh = shift;
>>> | | > > 	my $script = shift;
>>> | | > > 	my $saveresults = shift;
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 	open (SQL_SCRIPT, $script) || die "Could not open input
>>> file
>>> | | > $script:
>>> | | > > $!";
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 	my @commands = ();
>>> | | > > 	my $j = 0;
>>> | | > > 	my ($line);
>>> | | > > 	
>>> | | > > 	# read script file into a variable (array of commands)
>>> | | > > 	while ($line = <SQL_SCRIPT>)
>>> | | > > 	{
>>> | | > > 		if ($line =~ /^go/)
>>> | | > > 		{
>>> | | > > 			# make new command
>>> | | > > 			$j++;
>>> | | > > 		}
>>> | | > > 		elsif ($line =~ /^\s*$/)
>>> | | > > 		{
>>> | | > > 			# ignore blank lines
>>> | | > > 		}
>>> | | > > 		else
>>> | | > > 		{
>>> | | > > 			$commands[$j] .= $line;
>>> | | > > 		}
>>> | | > > 	}
>>> | | > > 	close SQL_SCRIPT;
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 	return db_run_command_list($dbh, \@commands,
>>> $saveresults); }
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > sub db_run_command_list
>>> | | > >    {
>>> | | > > 	my $dbh = shift;
>>> | | > > 	my $cmdlist = shift;
>>> | | > > 	my $saveresults = shift;
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 	my @resultlist;
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 	# run commands from array
>>> | | > > 	for $j(0..$#$cmdlist)
>>> | | > > 	{		
>>> | | > > 		$dbh->dbcmd($cmdlist->[$j]);
>>> | | > > 		my $status;
>>> | | > > 		eval {
>>> | | > > 		  $status = $dbh->dbsqlexec();
>>> | | > > 		};
>>> | | > > 		
>>> | | > > 		if ($@  ||  $status != SUCCEED)
>>> | | > > 		{	
>>> | | > > 			# don't always die, because drop will
>>> fail
>>> | | > sometimes
>>> | | > > 			if ($cmdlist->[$j] =~ /drop/i)
>>> | | > > 			{
>>> | | > > 				warn "$cmdlist->[$j] failed.\n
>>> This is
>>> | | > OK - item probably didn't
>>> | | > > exist before installation.\n";
>>> | | > > 				
>>> | | > > 				$dbh->dbcancel();  # so that we
>>> can move
>>> | | > on to the next command?
>>> | | > > 			}
>>> | | > > 			else
>>> | | > > 			{
>>> | | > > 				die "+++ Could not run command
>>> | | > $cmdlist->[$j]\nbecause of this
>>> | | > > problem:\n$@";
>>> | | > > 			}
>>> | | > > 		}
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 		if (!$saveresults) {
>>> | | > > 		  db_ignore_results($dbh);
>>> | | > > 		} else {
>>> | | > > 		  # Count the total number of rows that were
>>> updated,
>>> | | > > 		  # and capture the output of any SELECT
>>> statements
>>> | | > > 		  #
>>> | | > > 		  # Each update/insert statement will have its
>>> own
>>> | | > update
>>> | | > > 		  # count (a separate call to DBCOUNT()) but we
>>> will
>>> | | > > 		  # just add them all together
>>> | | > > 		  my $totalupdatecount = 0;
>>> | | > > 		  while ($dbh->dbresults() != NO_MORE_RESULTS) {
>>> | | > > 			my $rcount = $dbh->DBCOUNT();
>>> | | > > 			if ($rcount != -1) {
>>> | | > > 			  $totalupdatecount += $rcount;
>>> | | > > 			}
>>> | | > > 		
>>> | | > > 			my @res;
>>> | | > > 			while (@res = $dbh->dbnextrow()) {
>>> | | > > 			  my @copyres = @res;  # make a copy of
>>> the
>>> | | > array
>>> | | > > 			  push @resultlist, \@copyres;
>>> | | > > 			}
>>> | | > > 		  }
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 		  push @resultlist, $totalupdatecount;
>>> | | > > 		}
>>> | | > > 	}
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > 	if ($saveresults) {
>>> | | > > 	  return \@resultlist;
>>> | | > > 	} else {
>>> | | > > 	  return;
>>> | | > > 	}
>>> | | > > }
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > On Mar 14, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Loo, Peter # PHX wrote:
>>> | | > >
>>> | | > > > Hi,
>>> | | > > >
>>> | | > > > I know that you are able to issue a SQL statement within
>>> | | > > > PERL DBI,
>>> | |
>>> | | > > > but is there anyway that I can issue an external SQL
>> program?
>>>
>>> | | > > > For
>>> | |
>>> | | > > > example, I have a SQL program called ppv_insert.sql that I
>>> | | > > > would
>>> |
>>> | | > > > like to execute within PERL DBI.
>>> | | > > >
>>> | | > > > Thanks in advance.
>>> | | > > >
>>> | | > > > Peter Loo
>>> | | > > >
>>> | | > > >
>>> | | > > >
>>> | | > > >
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>>
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