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| author | James FitzGibbon <jfitz@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-10-23 23:52:52 +0000 |
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| committer | James FitzGibbon <jfitz@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-10-23 23:52:52 +0000 |
| commit | ca9b725c891569e4f7c4852370b9f015e97a7d82 (patch) | |
| tree | a05ea4e383746ed444af334f7f811d0f3daea3fb /databases/p5-DBI/pkg-descr | |
| parent | 66447b0b47165afbf81758919dd8afc01c21ff16 (diff) | |
| download | ports-ca9b725c891569e4f7c4852370b9f015e97a7d82.tar.gz ports-ca9b725c891569e4f7c4852370b9f015e97a7d82.zip | |
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diff --git a/databases/p5-DBI/pkg-descr b/databases/p5-DBI/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3d38e39450bd --- /dev/null +++ b/databases/p5-DBI/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +The DBI interface allows perl programs to use DBD (Database Definition) +drivers with a common set of routines. A program can then (theoretically) +change from using mSQL to Oracle (for example) without changing the entire +program around. + +This DBI interface is not yet fully specified. The current development +work is focused on writing drivers, such as DBD::Oracle, which also +implement emulations of old perl4 database interfaces, e.g., oraperl. +This strategy enables the DBI and drivers to serve a useful purpose +whilst allowing the real interface to evolve with experience behind the +emulation interface. |