NAME DBD::mSQL / DBD::mysql - mSQL and mysql drivers for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI) SYNOPSIS use DBI; $driver = "mSQL"; # or "mSQL1"; $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, undef, undef); or $driver = "mysql"; $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password); $drh = DBI->install_driver("mysql"); @databases = $drh->func($host, $port, '_ListDBs'); @tables = $dbh->func( '_ListTables' ); $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bla"); or $sth = $dbh->prepare("LISTFIELDS $table"); or $sth = $dbh->prepare("LISTINDEX $table $index"); $sth->execute; $numRows = $sth->rows; $numFields = $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; $sth->finish; $rc = $drh->func('createdb', $database, $host, $user, $password, 'admin'); $rc = $drh->func('dropdb', $database, $host, $user, $password, 'admin'); $rc = $drh->func('shutdown', $host, $user, $password, 'admin'); $rc = $drh->func('reload', $host, $user, $password, 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func('createdb', $database, 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func('dropdb', $database, 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func('shutdown', 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func('reload', 'admin'); DESCRIPTION DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL are the Perl5 Database Interface drivers for the mysql, mSQL 1.*x* and mSQL 2.*x* databases. The drivers are part of the *Msql-Mysql-modules* package. In other words: DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql are an interface between the Perl programming language and the mSQL or mysql programming API that come with the mSQL any mysql relational database management systems. Most functions provided by the respective programming API's are supported. Some rarely used functions are missing, mainly because noone ever requested them. :-) In what follows we first discuss the use of DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL, because this is what you will need the most. For installation, see the sections on the INSTALLATION manpage, the section on "WIN32 INSTALLATION", the section on "KNOWN PROBLEMS" and the section on "KNOWN BUGS" below. See the EXAMPLE manpage for a simple example below. From perl you activate the interface with the statement use DBI; After that you can connect to multiple mSQL or MySQL database servers and send multiple queries to any of them via a simple object oriented interface. Two types of objects are available: database handles and statement handles. Perl returns a database handle to the connect method like so: $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mSQL:database=$db;host=$host", undef, undef, {RaiseError => 1}); or $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$db;host=$host", $user, $password, {RaiseError => 1}); Once you have connected to a database, you can can execute SQL statements with: my $query = sprintf("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (%d, %s)", $number, $dbh->quote("name")); $dbh->do($query); See the DBI(3) manpage for details on the quote and do methods. An alternative approach is $dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (?, ?)", undef, $number, $name); in which case the quote method is executed automatically. See also the bind_param method in the DBI(3) manpage. See the section on "DATABASE HANDLES" below for more details on database handles. If you want to retrieve results, you need to create a so-called statement handle with: $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM $table"); $sth->execute(); This statement handle can be used for multiple things. First of all you can retreive a row of data: my $row = $sth->fetchow_hashref(); If your table has columns ID and NAME, then $row will be hash ref with keys ID and NAME. See the section on "STATEMENT HANDLES" below for more details on statement handles. But now for a more formal approach: Class Methods connect use DBI; $driver = "mSQL"; # or "mSQL1" $dsn = "DBI:$driver:$database"; $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, undef, undef); or $dsn = "DBI:mysql:$database"; $dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$database;host=$hostname"; $dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password); A `database' must always be specified. host port The hostname, if not specified or specified as '', will default to an mysql or mSQL daemon running on the local machine on the default port for the UNIX socket. Should the mysql or mSQL daemon be running on a non-standard port number, you may explicitly state the port number to connect to in the `hostname' argument, by concatenating the *hostname* and *port number* together separated by a colon ( `:' ) character or by using the `port' argument. This doesn't work for mSQL 2: You have to create an alternative config file and load it using the msql_configfile attribute, see below. mysql_client_found_rows Enables (TRUE value) or disables (FALSE value) the flag CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS while connecting to the MySQL server. This has a somewhat funny effect: Without mysql_client_found_rows, if you perform a query like UPDATE $table SET id = 1 WHERE id = 1 then the MySQL engine will always return 0, because no rows have changed. With mysql_client_found_rows however, it will return the number of rows that have an id 1, as some people are expecting. (At least for compatibility to other engines.) By default this flag is disabled. However, you can enable it by default, when installing the Msql-Mysql-modules with perl Makefile.PL --config --mysql-use-client-found-rows make make install mysql_compression As of MySQL 3.22.3, a new feature is supported: If your DSN contains the option "mysql_compression=1", then the communication between client and server will be compressed. mysql_connect_timeout If your DSN contains the option "mysql_connect_timeout=##", the connect request to the server will timeout if it has not been successful after the given number of seconds. mysql_read_default_file mysql_read_default_group These options can be used to read a config file like /etc/my.cnf or ~/.my.cnf. By default MySQL's C client library doesn't use any config files unlike the client programs (mysql, mysqladmin, ...) that do, but outside of the C client library. Thus you need to explicitly request reading a config file, as in $dsn = "DBI:mysql:test;mysql_read_default_file=/home/joe/my.cnf"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password) The option mysql_read_default_group can be used to specify the default group in the config file: Usually this is the *client* group, but see the following example: [perl] host=perlhost [client] host=localhost If you read this config file, then you'll be typically connected to *localhost*. However, by using $dsn = "DBI:mysql:test;mysql_read_default_group=perl;" . "mysql_read_default_file=/home/joe/my.cnf"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password); you'll be connected to *perlhost*. See the (missing :-) documentation of the C function mysql_options() for details. mysql_socket As of MySQL 3.21.15, it is possible to choose the Unix socket that is used for connecting to the server. This is done, for example, with mysql_socket=/dev/mysql Usually there's no need for this option, unless you are using another location for the socket than that built into the client. Private MetaData Methods ListDBs my $drh = DBI->install_driver("mysql"); @dbs = $drh->func("$hostname:$port", '_ListDBs'); @dbs = $drh->func($hostname, $port, '_ListDBs'); @dbs = $dbh->func('_ListDBs'); Returns a list of all databases managed by the mysql daemon or mSQL daemon running on `$hostname', port `$port'. This method is rarely needed for databases running on `localhost': You should use the portable method @dbs = DBI->data_sources("mysql"); or @dbs = DBI->data_sources("mSQL"); whenever possible. It is a design problem of this method, that there's no way of supplying a host name or port number to `data_sources', that's the only reason why we still support `ListDBs'. :-( ListTables *WARNING*: This method is obsolete due to DBI's $dbh->table_info(). @tables = $dbh->func('_ListTables'); Once connected to the desired database on the desired mysql or mSQL mSQL daemon with the `DBI-'connect()> method, we may extract a list of the tables that have been created within that database. `ListTables' returns an array containing the names of all the tables present within the selected database. If no tables have been created, an empty list is returned. @tables = $dbh->func( '_ListTables' ); foreach $table ( @tables ) { print "Table: $table\n"; } Server Administration admin $rc = $drh->func("createdb", $dbname, [host, user, password,], 'admin'); $rc = $drh->func("dropdb", $dbname, [host, user, password,], 'admin'); $rc = $drh->func("shutdown", [host, user, password,], 'admin'); $rc = $drh->func("reload", [host, user, password,], 'admin'); or $rc = $dbh->func("createdb", $dbname, 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func("dropdb", $dbname, 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func("shutdown", 'admin'); $rc = $dbh->func("reload", 'admin'); For server administration you need a server connection. For obtaining this connection you have two options: Either use a driver handle (drh) and supply the appropriate arguments (host, defaults localhost, user, defaults to '' and password, defaults to ''). A driver handle can be obtained with $drh = DBI->install_driver('mysql'); Otherwise reuse the existing connection of a database handle (dbh). There's only one function available for administrative purposes, comparable to the m(y)sqladmin programs. The command being execute depends on the first argument: createdb Creates the database $dbname. Equivalent to "m(y)sqladmin create $dbname". dropdb Drops the database $dbname. Equivalent to "m(y)sqladmin drop $dbname". It should be noted that database deletion is *not prompted for* in any way. Nor is it undo-able from DBI. Once you issue the dropDB() method, the database will be gone! These method should be used at your own risk. shutdown Silently shuts down the database engine. (Without prompting!) Equivalent to "m(y)sqladmin shutdown". reload Reloads the servers configuration files and/or tables. This can be particularly important if you modify access privileges or create new users. DATABASE HANDLES The DBD::mysql driver supports the following attributes of database handles (read only): $infoString = $dbh->{'info'}; $threadId = $dbh->{'thread_id'}; $insertId = $dbh->{'mysql_insertid'} These correspond to mysql_info(), mysql_thread_id() and mysql_insertid(), respectively. STATEMENT HANDLES The statement handles of DBD::mysql and DBD::mSQL support a number of attributes. You access these by using, for example, my $numFields = $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; Note, that most attributes are valid only after a successfull *execute*. An `undef' value will returned in that case. The most important exception is the `mysql_use_result' attribute: This forces the driver to use mysql_use_result rather than mysql_store_result. The former is faster and less memory consuming, but tends to block other processes. (That's why mysql_store_result is the default.) To set the `mysql_use_result' attribute, use either of the following: my $sth = $dbh->prepare("QUERY", { "mysql_use_result" => 1}); or my $sth = $dbh->prepare("QUERY"); $sth->{"mysql_use_result"} = 1; Column dependent attributes, for example *NAME*, the column names, are returned as a reference to an array. The array indices are corresponding to the indices of the arrays returned by *fetchrow* and similar methods. For example the following code will print a header of table names together with all rows: my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM $table"); if (!$sth) { die "Error:" . $dbh->errstr . "\n"; } if (!$sth->execute) { die "Error:" . $sth->errstr . "\n"; } my $names = $sth->{'NAME'}; my $numFields = $sth->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; for (my $i = 0; $i < $numFields; $i++) { printf("%s%s", $$names[$i], $i ? "," : ""); } print "\n"; while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref) { for (my $i = 0; $i < $numFields; $i++) { printf("%s%s", $$ref[$i], $i ? "," : ""); } print "\n"; } For portable applications you should restrict yourself to attributes with capitalized or mixed case names. Lower case attribute names are private to DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql. The attribute list includes: ChopBlanks this attribute determines whether a *fetchrow* will chop preceding and trailing blanks off the column values. Chopping blanks does not have impact on the *max_length* attribute. mysql_insertid MySQL has the ability to choose unique key values automatically. If this happened, the new ID will be stored in this attribute. This attribute is not valid for DBD::mSQL. An alternative way for accessing this attribute is via $dbh->{'mysql_insertid'}. (Note we are using the $dbh in this case!) mysql_is_blob Reference to an array of boolean values; TRUE indicates, that the respective column is a blob. This attribute is valid for MySQL only. mysql_is_key Reference to an array of boolean values; TRUE indicates, that the respective column is a key. This is valid for MySQL only. mysql_is_num Reference to an array of boolean values; TRUE indicates, that the respective column contains numeric values. mysql_is_pri_key Reference to an array of boolean values; TRUE indicates, that the respective column is a primary key. This is only valid for MySQL and mSQL 1.0.x: mSQL 2.x uses indices. mysql_length mysql_max_length A reference to an array of maximum column sizes. The *max_length* is the maximum physically present in the result table, *length* gives the theoretically possible maximum. *max_length* is valid for MySQL only. NAME A reference to an array of column names. NULLABLE A reference to an array of boolean values; TRUE indicates that this column may contain NULL's. NUM_OF_FIELDS Number of fields returned by a *SELECT* or *LISTFIELDS* statement. You may use this for checking whether a statement returned a result: A zero value indicates a non-SELECT statement like *INSERT*, *DELETE* or *UPDATE*. mysql_table A reference to an array of table names, useful in a *JOIN* result. TYPE A reference to an array of column types. The engine's native column types are mapped to portable types like DBI::SQL_INTEGER() or DBI::SQL_VARCHAR(), as good as possible. Not all native types have a meaningfull equivalent, for example DBD::mSQL::IDX_TYPE() or DBD::mysql::FIELD_TYPE_INTERVAL are mapped to DBI::SQL_VARCHAR(). If you need the native column types, use *mysql_type* or *msql_type*, respectively. See below. mysql_type A reference to an array of MySQL's native column types, for example DBD::mysql::FIELD_TYPE_SHORT() or DBD::mysql::FIELD_TYPE_STRING(). Use the *TYPE* attribute, if you want portable types like DBI::SQL_SMALLINT() or DBI::SQL_VARCHAR(). mysql_type_name Similar to mysql, but type names and not numbers are returned. Whenever possible, the ANSI SQL name is preferred. SQL EXTENSIONS Certain metadata functions of mSQL and mysql that are available on the C API level, haven't been implemented here. Instead they are implemented as "SQL extensions" because they return in fact nothing else but the equivalent of a statement handle. These are: LISTFIELDS $table Returns a statement handle that describes the columns of $table. Ses the docs of msqlListFields or mysql_list_fields (C API) for details. LISTINDEX $table $index mSQL only; returns a statement handle that describes the index $index of table $table. See the docs of msqlListIndex for details. COMPATIBILITY ALERT The statement attribute *TYPE* has changed its meaning, as of Msql- Mysql-modules 1.19_19. Formerly it used to be the an array of native engine's column types, but it is now an array of portable SQL column types. The old attribute is still available as *mysql_type* or *msql_type*, respectively. The Msql-Mysql-modules are a moving target, due to a number of reasons: - Of course they have to conform the DBI guidelines and developments. - They have to keep track with the latest MySQL developments. - And, surprisingly, they have to be as close to ODBC as possible: This is due to the current direction of DBI. - And, last not least, as any tool they have a little bit of own life. This means that a lot of things had to and have to be changed. As I am not interested in maintaining a lot of compatibility kludges, which only increase the drivers code without being really usefull, I did and will remove some features, methods or attributes. To ensure a smooth upgrade, the following policy will be applied: Obsolete features The first step is to declare something obsolete. This means, that no code is changed, but the feature appears in the list of obsolete features. See the section on "Obsolete Features" below. Deprecated features If the feature has been obsolete for quite some time, typically in the next major stable release, warnings will be inserted in the code. You can suppress these warnings by setting $DBD::mysql = 1; In the docs the feature will be moved from the list of obsolete features to the list of deprecated features. See the section on "Deprecated Features" below. Removing features Finally features will be removed silently in the next major stable release. The feature will be shown in the list of historic features. See the section on "Historic Features" below. Example: The statement handle attribute $sth->{'LENGTH'} was declared obsolete in Msql-Mysql-modules 1.18xy. It is considered deprecated in Msql-Mysql-modules 1.20xy (current as of this writing) and will finally be removed in Msql-Mysql-modules 1.22xy. Obsolete Features _ListTables This method is obsoleted by DBI's new method $dbh->tables() See also $dbh->table_info(). Portable applications will prefer @tables = map { $_ =~ s/.*\.//; $_ } $dbh->tables() because, depending on the engine, the string "user.table" will be returned, user being the table owner. The method will be deprecated in 1.23_xy and 1.24xy and removed in 1.25_xy and 1.26xy. Deprecated Features _InsertID The method $dbh->func('_InsertID'); can be replaced with $dbh->{'mysql_insertid'}; The method is deprecated as of 1.21_xy, thus it will be removed in 1.23_xy and 1.24xy. Statement handle attributes: affected_rows IS_PRI_KEY is_pri_key IS_NOT_NULL is_not_null IS_KEY is_key IS_BLOB is_blob IS_NUM is_num LENGTH length MAXLENGTH maxlength NUMROWS numrows NUMFIELDS numfields RESULT result TABLE table format_max_size format_default_size format_type_name All of the above statement handle attributes are not conforming to DBI's naming conventions, thus they have been declared deprecated in 1.20xy. However, I forgot to insert warnings in the driver. These warnings have been inserted in 1.21_07, thus the attributes will be removed in 1.23_xy and 1.24xy. In most of the above cases the driver name has been added and the resulting name was lowercased. For example, you use $sth->{'mysql_is_num'}; now. IS_NOT_NULL can be replaced with NULLABLE (note you need to invert the logical value!), LENGTH, format_max_size and format_default_size will be dropped in favour of PRECISION, affected_rows and NUMROWS are identical with $sth->rows(); and NUMFIELDS is the same as NUM_OF_FIELDS. Finally format_right_justify is the same as mysql_type_name. Historic Features _CreateDB _DropDB The methods $dbh->func($db, '_CreateDB'); $dbh->func($db, '_DropDB'); have been used for creating or dropping databases. They have been removed in 1.21_07 in favour of $drh->func("createdb", $dbname, $host, "admin") $drh->func("dropdb", $dbname, $host, "admin") _ListFields The method $sth = $dbh->func($table, '_ListFields'); has been used to list a tables columns names, types and other attributes. This method has been removed in 1.21_07 in favour of $sth = $dbh->prepare("LISTFIELDS $table"); _ListSelectedFields The method $sth->func('_ListSelectedFields'); use to return a hash ref of attributes like 'IS_NUM', 'IS_KEY' and so on. These attributes are now accessible via $sth->{'mysql_is_num'}; $sth->{'mysql_is_key'}; and so on. Thus the method has been removed in 1.21_07. _NumRows The method $sth->func('_NumRows'); used to be equivalent to $sth->rows(); and has been removed in 1.21_07. MULTITHREADING The multithreading capabilities of the Msql-Mysql-modules depend completely on the underlying C libraries: The modules are working with handle data only, no global variables are accessed or (to the best of my knowledge) thread unsafe functions are called. Thus DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql are completely thread safe, if the C libraries thread safe and you don't share handles among threads. The obvious questions is: Are the C libraries thread safe? In the case of mSQL the answer is definitely "no". The C library has a concept of one single active connection at a time and that is not what threads like. In the case of MySQL the answer is "mostly" and, in theory, you should be able to get a "yes", if the C library is compiled for being thread safe (By default it isn't.) by passing the option -with-thread-safe- client to configure. See the section on *How to make a threadsafe client* in the manual. EXAMPLE #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use DBI(); # Connect to the database. my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=test;host=localhost", "joe", "joe's password", {'RaiseError' => 1}); # Drop table 'foo'. This may fail, if 'foo' doesn't exist. eval { $dbh->do("DROP TABLE foo") }; print "Dropping foo failed: $@\n" if $@; # Create a new table 'foo'. This must not fail, thus we don't # catch errors. $dbh->do("CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER, name VARCHAR(20)"); # INSERT some data into 'foo'. We are using $dbh->quote() for # quoting the name. $dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1, " . $dbh->quote("Tim") . ")"); # Same thing, but using placeholders $dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (?, ?)", undef, 2, "Jochen"); # Now retrieve data from the table. my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM foo"); $sth->execute(); while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) { print "Found a row: id = $ref->{'id'}, name = $ref->{'name'}\n"; } $sth->finish(); # Disconnect from the database. $dbh->disconnect(); INSTALLATION Windows users may skip this section and pass over to the section on "WIN32 INSTALLATION" below. Others, go on reading. First you need to install the DBI module. For using *dbimon*, a simple DBI shell it is recommended to install Data::ShowTable another Perl module. I recommend trying automatic installation via the CPAN module. Try perl -MCPAN -e shell If you are using the CPAN module for the first time, it will prompt you a lot of questions. If you finally receive the CPAN prompt, enter install Bundle::DBD::mSQL or install Bundle::DBD::mysql If this fails (which may be the case for a number of reasons, for example because you are behind a firewall or don't have network access), you need to do a manual installation. First of all you need to fetch the archives from any CPAN mirror, for example ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module The following archives are required (version numbers may have changed, I choose those which are current as of this writing): DBI/DBI-1.06.tar.gz Data/Data-ShowTable-3.3.tar.gz DBD/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017.tar.gz Then enter the following commands: gzip -cd DBI-1.06.tar.gz | tar xf - cd DBI-1.06 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install cd .. gzip -cd Data-ShowTable-3.3.tar.gz | tar xf - cd Data-ShowTable-3.3 perl Makefile.PL make make install # Don't try make test, the test suite is broken cd .. gzip -cd Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017.tar.gz | tar xf - cd Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install During "perl Makefile.PL" you will be prompted some questions. In particular you have to choose the installed drivers (MySQL, mSQL2 and/or mSQL1). The MySQL driver will be called DBD::mysql, a single mSQL driver will be called DBD::mSQL. If you want to support both mSQL1 and mSQL2, they former will be DBD::mSQL1. Other questions are the directories with header files and libraries. For example, of your file mysql.h is in /usr/include/mysql/mysql.h, then enter the header directory /usr, likewise for /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a or /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so. For mSQL go looking for msql.h (typically in /usr/include/msql.h and libmsql.a (probably in /usr/lib/libmsql.a). See the the section on "KNOWN PROBLEMS" section below if you encounter any problems within "make" or "make test". WIN32 INSTALLATION I have never attempted to install DBD::mSQL under Win32, so this is only for MySQL. If anyone succeeds, please let me know what you did. If you are using the ActiveState port of Perl, there's a binary package of DBD::mysql available at www.tcx.se, see the download page. This can be installed with *ppm*. Otherwise it is recommended to use a binary distribution of Perl that already includes DBD::mysql. For example you find one at www.tcx.se. Otherwise you definitely *need* a C compiler. And it *must* be the same compiler that was being used for compiling Perl itself. If you don't have a C compiler, the file README.win32 from the Perl source distribution tells you where to obtain freely distributable C compilers like egcs or gcc. The Perl sources are available on any CPAN mirror in the src directory, for example ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz I recommend using the win32clients package for installing DBD::mysql under Win32, available for download on www.tcx.se. The following steps have been required for me: - Extract sources into C:\. This will create a directory C:\mysql with subdirectories include and lib. IMPORTANT: Make sure this subdirectory is not shared by other TCX files! In particular do *not* store the MySQL server in the same directory. If the server is already installed in C:\mysql, choose a location like C:\tmp, extract the win32clients there. Note that you can remove this directory entirely once you have installed the Msql-Mysql-modules. - Extract the Msql-Mysql-modules sources into another directory, for example C:\src\siteperl - Open a DOS shell and change directory to C:\src\siteperl. - The next step is only required if you repeat building the modules: Make sure that you have a clean build tree by running nmake realclean If you don't have VC++, replace nmake with your flavour of make. If error messages are reported in this step, you may safely ignore them. - Run perl Makefile.PL which will prompt you for some settings. The really important ones are: Which DBMS do you want to use? enter a 1 here (MySQL only), and Where is your mysql installed? Please tell me the directory that contains the subdir include. where you have to enter the win32clients directory, for example C:\mysql or C:\tmp\mysql. - Continued in the usual way: nmake nmake install See the first section of the section on "KNOWN PROBLEMS" below. If you want to create a PPM package for the ActiveState Perl version, then modify the above steps as follows: Run perl Makefile.PL NAME=DBD-mysql BINARY_LOCATION=DBD-mysql.tar.gz nmake ppd nmake Once that is done, use tar and gzip (for example those from the CygWin32 distribution) to create an archive: mkdir x86 tar cf x86/DBD-mysql.tar blib gzip x86/DBD-mysql.tar Put the files x86/DBD-mysql.tar.gz and DBD-mysql.ppd onto some WWW server and install them by typing install http://your.server.name/your/directory/DBD-mysql.ppd in the PPM program. KNOWN PROBLEMS 1.) If the MySQL binaries are compiled with gcc or egcs (as the precompiled binaries are), but your Perl is using another compiler, it is likely that you receive an error message like the following when running "make test": t/00base............install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load '../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' for module DBD::mysql: ../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _umoddi3 at /usr/local/perl-5.005/lib/5.005/i586-linux-thread/DynaLoader.pm line 168. This means, that your linker doesn't include libgcc.a. You have the following options: a) Either recompile Perl or Mysql, it doesn't matter which. The important thing is that you use the same compiler for both. This is definitely the recommended solution in the long term. b) A simple workaround is to include libgcc.a manually. Do a "make clean" and "make" and in the output wait for a line like LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/lib/mysql:/lib" egcs -o ../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so -shared -L/usr/local/lib dbdimp.o mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lm Repeat the same line in the shell by adding -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/gcc-2.7.2.3 -lgcc where the directory is the location of libgcc.a. The best choice for locating this file is executing gcc --print-libgcc-file or gcc -v 2.) There are known problems with shared versions of libmysqlclient, at least on some Linux boxes. If you receive an error message similar to install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i586-linux/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' for module DBD::mysql: File not found at /usr/lib/perl5/i586-linux/5.00404/DynaLoader.pm line 166 then this error message can be misleading: It's not mysql.so that fails being loaded, but libmysqlclient.so! As a workaround, recompile the Msql-Mysql-modules with perl Makefile.PL --static --config make make test make install This option forces linkage against the static libmysqlclient.a. 3.) By default mSQL2 is installed to allow local access only. This can break the test scripts akmisc.t, msql1.t and msql2.t. You might notice a message like t/akmisc............Can't connect to MSQL server on localhost at t/akmisc.t line 131 Cannot connect: Can't connect to MSQL server on localhost It looks as if your server (on localhost) is not up and running. This test requires a running server. Please make sure your server is running and retry. dubious Test returned status 10 (wstat 2560, 0xa00) If this is the case, try to change the value of "Remote_Access" in your msql.conf file to "True". If the value was set intentionally, you might restore the old value after the tests ran ok. 4.) If linking fails under Win32 because of a missing symbol pthread_cond_init, apply the following patch to dbd/dbdimp.c: *** dbd/dbdimp.c.orig Wed Sep 23 14:39:33 1998 --- dbd/dbdimp.c Fri Oct 02 10:37:16 1998 *************** *** 1708,1712 **** --- 1709,1720 ---- } return TRUE; } + + #if !defined(_UNIX_) && defined(WIN32) + int pthread_cond_init() + { + return 0; + } + #endif #endif (I could make this part of the source distribution, but I think this is an ugly hack and hopefully Monty will fix the missing symbol in the next release of MyODBC.) 5.) mSQL 2.0.4 had a bug, that caused the test t/40bindparam.t to fail. This bug is fixed in later versions, 2.0.6 and higher. 6.) From time to time compiling DBD::mSQL fails with messages like In file included from ../dbd/myMsql.h:55, from ../dbd/dbdimp.h:32, from dbdimp.c:29: /usr/local/Hughes/include/common/portability.h:74: redefinition of `u_int' /usr/include/sys/types.h:52: `u_int' previously declared here /usr/local/Hughes/include/common/portability.h:78: redefinition of `ssize_t' /usr/include/sys/types.h:116: `ssize_t' previously declared here *** Error code 1 A workaroud is using perl Makefile.PL --config DEFINE="-DHAVE_SSIZE_T -DHAVE_U_INT" KNOWN BUGS The *port* part of the first argument to the connect call is implemented in an unsafe way when using mSQL. In fact it is just setting the environment variable MSQL_TCP_PORT during the connect call. If another connect call uses another port and the handles are used simultaneously, they will interfere. I doubt that this will ever change. AUTHORS The current versions of DBD::mSQL and DBD::mysql is almost completely written by Jochen Wiedmann (*joe@ispsoft.de*). The first version's author was Alligator Descartes(*descarte@symbolstone.org*), who has been aided and abetted by Gary Shea, Andreas König and Tim Bunce amongst others. The Msql and Mysql modules have originally been written by Andreas König . The current version, mainly an emulation layer, is from Jochen Wiedmann. COPYRIGHT This module is Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Jochen Wiedmann, with code portions Copyright (c)1994-1997 their original authors. This module is released under the same license as Perl itself. See the Perl README for details. 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