Contents

• What is the DBI?
• What is the DBI? For Real
• What's this SQL stuff, anyway?
• What databases are supported?
• What's so cool about the DBI?
• When not to use the DBI
• The alternatives: Microsoft
• The alternatives: Java
• What else can I do? Select
• What else can I do? Prepared Statements
• What else can I do? Update and Insert
• DDL vs DML
• Stored Proseedcakes
• Quick and Dirty Hacks, 1
• Quick and Dirty Hacks, 2
• Quick and Dirty Hacks, 3
• Things I Haven't Covered or Shown
• Class::DBI
• Winnie Ille Pu
• Since Waxing Lyrical Was Promised