NAME

DBIx::IB - This is a thin DBI Emulation Layer for IBPerl

SYNOPSIS

use DBIx::IB;

$dbpath = '/usr/interbase/data/perl_example.gdb';
$dbh = DBI->connect(DBI:IB:database=$dbpath) or die "DBI::errstr";
$sth = $dbh->prepare("select * from SIMPLE") or die $dbh->errstr;
$sth->execute;
while (@row = $sth->fetchrow_array))
{
  print @row, "\n";
}
$dbh->commit;
$dbh->disconnect;  

For more examples, see eg/ directory.

DESCRIPTION

The DBIx::IB module is a thin DBI emulation layer for IBPerl. Use this as a kludge during the advent of DBD::IB !

WARNING

If AutoCommit is on, there may be some warning issued when disconnecting.

DBI METHODS AVAILABLE

Class and database handle methods:

  • $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $passw, \%attr);

  • $dbh->disconnect;

  • $dbh->do;

  • $dbh->commit;

  • $dbh->rollback;

  • $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);

  • $dbh->errstr;

Statement handle methods:

  • $sth->execute;

  • $sth->fetch;

  • $sth->fetchrow_array;

  • $sth->fetchrow_arrayref;

  • $sth->finish;

DBI ATTRIBUTES AVAILABLE

Only $DBI::errstr available as package-global.

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1999 Edwin Pratomo <ed.pratomo@computer.org>.

All rights reserved. This is a free code, available as-is; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

DBI(3), IBPerl(1).