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From: "David.Finch" <sarum@vger.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: What this I hear then...
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 93 16:05:44 GMT
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Hi,

>From the comp.lang.perl:
|> From: forrie@visgraph.UUCP (Forrest Aldrich)
|> Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
|> Subject: Database (DBPERL) recommendations
|> Date: 1 Nov 1993 21:57:09 -0600
|> Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
|> Lines: 17
|> Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu
|> Message-ID: <199311020341.AA03607@visgraph.uucp>
|> Reply-To: <forrie@decvax.dec.com>
|> 
|> There are a few free-databases available on the network.  Some of
|> the most commonly mentioned are INGRES and POSTGRES.  I understand
|> POSTGRES is going to die soon, however (further development), but

   ^ what this then :-( is it true
   
|> supposedly the source archive comes with a postgres->perl program.
|> 
|> Then there is DBM, for which I am unclear of its intended usage.
|> Perhaps for simply storing and retrieving, but not random-access.
|> 
|> I would like some recommendations for what people find to be the
|> better database interface with Perl.  War stories are welcome :)
|> 
|> Thanks...
|> -- 
|> Forrie Aldrich @ visgraph.UUCP / visgraph!forrie@decvax.dec.com
|>                                  forrie@decvax.dec.com
|> VISION GRAPHICS                  forrie@mv.mv.com

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