Example of a connection to MySQL with Perl using DBI
#! /usr/bin/perl -w # # Example code to connect to MySQL, create a table, fill it with some data and select it again. # # To install DBI using cpan: # # perl -MCPAN -e shell # cpan> install DBI # cpan> install DBD::mysql # use strict; use DBI; my $database = "test"; my $user = "user"; my $passwd = "secret"; my $sqlCreate = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test ( pkey int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, a int, b int, c int, timeEnter timestamp(14), PRIMARY KEY (pkey) ) "; my $insert = "insert into test (a,b,c) values (1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9)"; my $select = "select a,b,c from test"; my $dsn = "DBI:mysql:host=localhost;database=${database}"; my $dbh = DBI->connect ($dsn, $user, $passwd) or die "Cannot connect to server\n"; # Execute the sql to create the table test my $stmnt = $dbh->prepare($sqlCreate); $stmnt->execute(); # Insert the testdata $stmnt = $dbh->prepare($insert); $stmnt->execute(); # Run a select on the table test $stmnt = $dbh->prepare($stmntelect); $stmnt->execute(); while(my @val = $stmnt->fetchrow_array()) { print " $val[0] $val[1] $val[2]\n"; } $stmnt->finish(); # Close the connection to the database $dbh->disconnect ( ); |