September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
13h 6m
English
The Structured Query Language (SQL) is the lingua franca of the relational database world. Nearly all relational databases use SQL for data retrieval, data modification, and database administration. While the SQL dialect used by various databases differs, once you know the basics of SQL, you should be able to use most any relational database. In this lesson, I’m going to discuss the statements associated with SQL and demonstrate how they are used in CGI programs.
This lesson includes the following:
A brief overview of Structured Query Language (SQL)
What the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard is
How to access relational databases from Perl programs using DBI and DBD
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