[ic] database (DBI) access within a page

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Caleb Phillips)]

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 23:32, Barry D. Hassler wrote:
> Is it possible to access DBI functions within a page (without usertags, etc)?
> I have a variety of database updates to perform based on a form input,  and it seems to make the most sense to do it right within the page (within a [perl] block).
> 
> I get "Safe: Can't locate object method "connect" via package "DBI" at (eval 216) line 37."

I have never had much luck using standard DBI functions in
interchange...(not that I have tried to push the issue) Rather, I use
interchange-specific DB querying methods:

	my $out = '';
	my $db = $Db{$tbl_name};
	my $sql = "SELECT $something FROM $somewhere";
	my $dbRef = $db->query($sql)
	foreach $row (@$dbRef) {
	            my ($value) = @$row;
	            $out = $value;
	}
	return $out;

I use this code in a usertag, so I am not sure if it will work in [perl]
but it will probably work better than DBI->connect(). (remember, going
the route I showed here means you need a mv_asp tag that shares
$tbl_name) Good luck...I hope this helps.

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