| Connecting
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| • | The
very first database operation you must do! |
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| • | Use
the DBI->connect()method |
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| • | For
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| $dbh = DBI->connect( ‘dbi:Oracle:DEV’, |
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| ‘user’, ‘pass’
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| • | That
is, we minimally specify the Data Source |
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| Name
of the database, a username and password |
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| • | If
successful, this will return a valid database |
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| handle |
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