NAME
LibWeb::Database::Mysql - Mysql database API for libweb applications
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
REQUIRE
No non-standard Perl's library is required.
ISA
LibWeb::Database
SYNOPSIS
use LibWeb::Database::Mysql;
my $db = new LibWeb::Database::Mysql();
my ($where, $count);
$where = 'LOGIN_STATUS = LOGGED_IN';
$count = $db->get_count(
-table => USER_TABLE,
-where => $where
);
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print "$count users have logged in.";
ABSTRACT
This class provides enhanced support to MySQL database interaction in you LibWeb applications. This class also ISAs LibWeb::Database so you can use all the methods provided in LibWeb::Database via objects created from this class. See LibWeb::Database. This module is still in the stage of planning as you can tell from the number of methods available.
The current version of LibWeb::Database::Mysql is available at
http://libweb.sourceforge.net
Several LibWeb applications (LEAPs) have be written, released and are available at
http://leaps.sourceforge.net
TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
Variables in all-caps (e.g. USER_TABLE) are those variables set through LibWeb's rc file. Please read LibWeb::Core for more information. Method's parameters in square brackets means optional.
DESCRIPTION
METHODS
get_count()
Params:
-table =>, -where =>
Pre:
-table
is a scalar indicating a database table's name,-where
is a scalar describing the `where' phrase of a SQL query.
Post:
Return the number of counts satisfying the criteria specified in the
-where
parameter.