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Database Programming with Perl

RECOMMENDED READING (Not required for the course):
Programming the Perl DBI
Alligator Descartes & Tim Bunce
O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-699-4

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

If you already know the concepts of modules, object-oriented method syntax, and references, and want to create or interact with databases, this course is for you. By the end of the course you will understand how to write programs to store and query data in DBM files and an Oracle server using commonly available modules.

KEY OBJECTIVES:

You will learn:

bullet Principles of manipulating databases from Perl
bullet Use of DBM databases via Perl
bullet Basic Oracle SQL (query) syntax
bullet Use of the DBI module for vendor-independent database access
bullet Manipulation of an Oracle database from Perl

PREREQUISITES:

This course is for the graduate of "Object-Oriented Perl" or someone with equivalent expertise: You know the syntax for object-oriented methods and inheritance, what the 'use' statement does, and how to construct lists of lists.

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