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Edward McCain

2005-10-16, 3:56 am

Hi,

I know next to nothing about perl and the last programing I did was with
GW-BASIC.
What books should I get first?
My interest is in allowing multiple users online to interact with a
database.
Once I have learned the basics, where would I go next?

Thank you,

Edward McCain

Paul Lalli

2005-10-17, 7:55 am

Edward McCain wrote:
> I know next to nothing about perl and the last programing I did was with
> GW-BASIC.
> What books should I get first?

"Learning Perl", by Randal Schwarts, brian d foy, and Tom Phoenix.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/index.html

In the meantime, consult http://learn.perl.org for other learning
resources. Download Perl from http://www.cpan.org/ports/index.html and
install it, and then begin reading the built-in documentation:

perldoc perlintro
perldoc perltoc

> My interest is in allowing multiple users online to interact with a
> database.
> Once I have learned the basics, where would I go next?

Look at the CGI and DBI modules, both standard with Perl
perldoc CGI
perldoc DBI

Also, continue your tutorial with the sequel to "Learning Perl":
"Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules", by Randal Schwartz.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/index.html

Paul Lalli

cchankey@3ich.net

2005-10-25, 6:56 pm

Hi,

I have written a routines in Perl that accesses MySQL (to create a
Catalog of Data on CD's). The code may bay help you. Look at
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ceri.hankey/, Then Programmes and then Some
Useful Tools in Perl. Clickin this will get you a file called
PerlTools.zip.

Unzip this where you want, the routines SOULD work under Linux or
Windows.

NB there is no programmed help ! (despite the help icons)

Regards

ceri Hankey

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