[plug] PERL book

[Jeremy Malcolm]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

> Also, I know that I have asked this before, but could someone 
> please clarify the
> differences (including advantages/disadvantages) between using 
> PERL and PHP, as
> front ends for databases, such as PostgreSQL? From what I 
> understand, HTML code
> is needed, as web pages, to call the scripting language modules 
> (PERL or PHP),
> which interface with the database.

Perl (which has a DBI module for integrating with databases such as
PostgreSQL et al ad infinitum) is better than PHP because you need to
learn Perl anyway.  Why learn two languages when you only need to
learn one.  Perl is also more flexible.

> How advanced does it make you, if you know what I mean? Does it
teach you
> how to make any scripts? ie. A simple mail one. If anyone here has a
copy of
> it, I'd like to borrow it for a while to see what it's like

Sure it does.  It basically tells you everything you need to know
about the core language, but not the extensible bits of it, and not
some of the weird things like references.  You will certainly become
proficient in simple scripting.

I've got a "Learning Perl" which I guess I would be willing to lend
you, or I would part with it permanently for half price.

- -- 
JEREMY MALCOLM Jeremy at Malcolm.wattle.id.au http://malcolm.wattle.id.au
SIG of the day: [x] Contact  [ ] Web  [ ] PGP  [ ] Taglines #1  [ ] #2
Residence: 208/112 Mounts Bay Road, West Perth, Western Australia 6005
Phone: +61-8-9226 0689 (H), +61-8-9325 4400 (W) | Fax: +61-8-9421 1762
Mobile: 0419 911 079 | Email: jmm at proctors.com.au, info at netcafe.net.au
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGPfreeware 6.0.2i

iQB1AwUBOFbCYr/mBljD2JABAQHbsgMAkBGL4a85wjBmrTo7nQZdd5Mo7ybUFwaX
z6I9PCgeWvN1a4wxe5WAMgqPZ/8F2b+6G+tV5Y8USybfnKg4xMYR5kZNE2DDXdUl
k2l1X2Iv0WoILbd4k/ZaB29LNEb9YVCv
=smBK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----