At 10:09 AM -0500 7/19/99, Robert (IMI) wrote:
>Here is a connect question.. I have been reading in this group that a
>better way to connect is using mysql_pconnect() .. in what cases would you
>not want to you this type of connection..
>
>I currently use this statement to connect to the MySQL database.. what
>would I need to change in this statement to take advantage of the
>mysql_pconnect() connection..
>
> my $dbh =
>DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=membership;host=localhost","USERNAMEHERE", "PAS
>SWORDHERE",{'RaiseError' => 1});
>
>This statement seems to work fine.. but I am always looking for
>improvement.. I put this together from what I have read in the manual and
>from emails in this group..
mysql_connect()/mysql_pconnect() are PHP calls. DBI->connect() is for the
Perl DBI module.
They're different things.
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
