Press Release
February 21, 2000
O'Reilly Publishes Bunce' & Descarte's new Book on Perl DBI
As the Web moves from predominately brochure-ware to database-driven
applications, "database-independent" programming has become increasingly
important. One of the Perl programming languages' greatest strengths is its
ability to manipulate huge amounts of data. The Perl Database Interface,
better known as the Perl DBI, elegantly links the Perl programming language
and virtually any type of database.
With the Perl DBI, developers can program database applications to
interface with different drivers, they can reuse code written for one
database for another, they can use the same interface with all of the most
popular databases-even different databases simultaneously (for example, a
programmer can transfer data from an Oracle database to an Informix
database with a single DBI program that connects to both databases and
simply passes the data backwards and forwards as needed.)
"The DBI is a database interface module for Perl. It defines a set of
methods, variables and conventions that provide a consistent database
interface independent of the actual database being used," explains Tim
Bunce, the architect and inventor of DBI. "One important goal was for any
library code we developed to be reusable as part of another system using a
different database. Countless people have contributed over the years. The
mailing list archives are vast."
Alligator Descartes, one of the most active members of the
DBI community, and Bunce have collaborated on a new book,
Programming the Perl
DBI (O'Reilly, $34.95). "I had been one of the first serious DBI
users,"
explains Descartes. "And also the first person-other than Tim-to develop
drivers for the DBI. Much of that experience and knowledge from those
activities made me think documenting the DBI would be useful. This was
doubly true when I noticed the same questions appearing over and over again
on the DBI-users mailing list. I realized one of the problems appeared to
be that people don't like learning from specifications."
"We wanted to help people get the most out of the DBI by providing an
accurate, clear, and helpful guide," adds Bunce. "Accuracy is important: In
fact, it's one of my main motivations for working on the book. I'm hopeful
that our book will become the standard text for the DBI."
For the uninitiated, the book explains the architecture of DBI and shows
you how to write DBI-based programs. For the experienced DBI dabbler, this
book explains DBI's nuances and the peculiarities of each individual DBD.
Programming the Perl
DBI is the definitive book for database programming in
Perl.
Online Resources
Programming the Perl DBI
Database Programming with Perl
By Alligator Descartes & Tim Bunce
1st Edition February 2000 (US)
1-56592-699-4, 350 pages, $34.95 (US)
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
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