The code in this directory is Copyright (c) 1994,1995 Andreas Koenig and may be copied/redistributed under the same terms as perl (see the files README, Copying and Artistic in the perl distribution). The Msql Perl Adaptor --------------------- Adaptor-Version: alpha 2 Last edited: 9th Feb 1995 Based on mSQL version: 1.0.4 Based on Perl version: 5.000. mSQL is a libmsql.a library written by David Hughes (Thanks, David!!!). You get that stuff at Host : Bond.edu.au IP Addr : 131.244.1.1 Path : /pub/Bond_Uni/Minerva/msql To use the adaptor you definitely have to install this library first. Installing The Adaptor ---------------------- After unpacking THIS package in the ext/ directory of the perl distribution change to the ext/Msql/ directory. Alternately, if you have perl5.001 or a more recent MakeMaker.pm, you may unpack in any directory, and you do not need the perl source around. Then run perl Makefile.PL make Then, make test will give you some instructions, if msqld is not running or if a database "test" is not available. Rest assured, that no existing data in this database will be overwritten. If the test finishes with `ok', give it a try to make install If anything fails, set up the environment variable PERL_DL_DEBUG to some value greater 0 to get some more information from the DynaLoader. Documentation ------------- Documentation is available in pod format within the file Msql.pm. You can turn this file into a manpage or a html page with the pos2* programs that come with the perl distribution (see the pod/ directory). Alpha? ------ This package is not compatible with the DBI switch which is currently designed by Tim Bunce. Upgrading to become DBI compliant should be feasible, I hope. That's why it's definitely to be considered alpha -- the interface will probably change as soon as DBI goes into production. Mailing list ------------ To get new information about the msqlperl development you can subscribe to the mailing list msqlperl-announce by sending mail to msqlperl-announce-request@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de with the word subscribe in the message field. This is a majordomo mailing list, where new developments will be announced. The mailing list is not for discussion of msql topics. If you want to discuss msqlperl, please contact the author.