DBI
is a generic interface for many databases. That means that
you can write a script that works with many different database engines
without change. You need a DataBase Driver (DBD) defined for each
database type. For MySQL, this driver is called
DBD::mysql
.
For more information on the Perl5 DBI, please visit the DBI
web
page and read the documentation:
http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/index.html
For more information on Object Oriented Programming
(OOP) as defined in Perl5, see the Perl OOP page:
http://language.perl.com/info/documentation.html
Installation instructions for MySQL Perl support are given in
4.10 Remarques sur l'installation Perl.