DBI - The Perl5 Database Interface by Tim Bunce.

Copyright (c) 1995, Tim Bunce

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.


WARNING: THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE. IT IS POSSIBLY UNRELIABLE!


This DBI interface is not yet fully specified. The current development
work is focused on writing drivers, such as DBD::Oracle, which also
implement emulations of old perl4 database interfaces, e.g., oraperl.
This strategy enables the DBI and drivers to serve a useful purpose
whilst allowing the real interface to evolve with experience behind the
emulations.


If you wish to use this sofware please join the perldb mailing list.
Send a request to join to:

	perldb-interest-request@vix.com

For background information, old specs and the mailing list archive
take a look in:

	ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/perl/db/


Regards,
Tim Bunce.
