Date: 11 Sep 2001 00:03:47 GMT From: damian@qimr.edu.au (Damian James) Subject: Re: mysql connection. Message-Id: Matthew Frick chose Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:18:32 +0930 to say this: >Can anyone give me a clue as to what I need to do to go about getting a >connection to a mysql db (on a lynix server) from an NT server? Since you are posting this to a Perl newsgroup, I assume you are trying to do this with Perl? If this is the case, you need to go to www.cpan.org and locate the MySQL DBD drivers, and the DBI module. If you are running ActiveState perl, you might have an easier time finding these at ActiveState's website. Once you have these installed, the documentation (think `perldoc DBI`, `perldoc `DBD::mysql`) should be enough to get you started. If you are NOT trying to do this with Perl, then you should be asking somehwere else. Hint: MySQL's website would be a good place to start. Cheers, Damian -- @:=grep!(m!$/|#!..$|),split//,;@;=0..$#:;while($:=@;){$;=rand $:--,@;[$;,$:]=@;[$:,$;]while$:;push@|,shift@;if$;[0]==@|;select$,, $,,$,,1/80;print qq x\bxx((@;+@|)*$|++),@:[@|,@;],!@;&&$/} __END__ Just another Perl Hacker, ### rev 3.3 -- stupidectomy performed :-)