NAME

DBE::CompatDBI - Emulate DBI with DBE

SYNOPSIS

  use DBE::CompatDBI qw(neat_list);
  
  $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:DriverName:Options" );
  $sth = $dbh->prepare( "SELECT * FROM person" );
  $sth->execute();
  print join( ', ', @{$sth->{'NAME'}} ), "\n";
  while( $row = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref() ) {
      print &neat_list( $row ), "\n";
  }

DESCRIPTION

DBE::CompatDBI is designed for switching to DBE without rewriting existing DBI scripts. You just need to replace the "use DBI" statement with "use DBE::CompatDBI". Since it uses the DBI namespace it is not possible to run the DBI module and DBE::CompatDBI at the same time.

LIMITATIONS

Driver handles are not supported.

Common methods trace, trace_msg, func, parse_trace_flags, parse_trace_flag, private_attribute_info and swap_inner_handle are not supported.

Database method take_imp_data is not supported.

Statement methods bind_param_inout, bind_param_array and execute_array are not supported.

Statement attributes TYPE, PRECISION, SCALE, NULLABLE, CursorName and RowsInCache are not supported.

DBI environment variables are not supported.

AUTHORS

Written by Christian Mueller

COPYRIGHT

The DBE::CompatDBI module is free software. You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.