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[nicoladinh]

some said to me that i should use "use DBI;" instead of "use DBD::mysql;", and that DBD::mysql is kinda old stuff. but i don't really know the details why

[dargueta]

I did a bit of searching and apparently DBI is a unifying superset of the various DBD modules that existed before, with some extra fun stuff.

[numberwhun]

Actually, to provide a bit of clarification, DBI is Perl's interface to the database world. while the "DBD::?????" (replace ???? with your database of choice that exists) are the drivers for DBI, instructing it how to interact with the database. DBD::mysql is actually supplied by default with Perl, so there should be nothing to do but provide the "use DBI;" statement at the beginning of your code and then use it accordingly.

Regards,

Jeff

[dargueta]

Hi, Jeff! Welcome to CodeCall. Please don't revive threads more than a few weeks old, as the people involved probably moved on quite a while ago, and it pushes newer threads with active users down in the new thread list. This thread is four months old. Don't worry, it's a very common newbie mistake. I did the same thing when I first joined CodeCall.

Happy coding!
-dargueta

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