Apache::WeSQL version 0.53
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The Web-enabled SQL (WeSQL) Apache mod_perl module is an extension to HTML,
acting as a glue between HTML and SQL. It allows the use of pure SQL queries
directly in HTML files, embedded in a special tag. WeSQL translates the special
tags into pure HTML, so using WeSQL is transparant for the browser. WeSQL is
aimed at rapid web-database integration. WeSQL is written entirely in Perl
and currently supports both MySQL and PostgreSQL as backend SQL databases.
In this directory, you will also find a '.spec' file to create a WeSQL rpm.
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Please note that 'make test' will NOT work on versions of Perl older than 5.006.
This is nothing to worry about (but do consider upgrading your Perl, because
older than 5.006 is truely ancient! I recommend perl 5.6.1).
CONFIGURATION
The sample Addressbook application is provided in this directory in the
'addressbook' directory. See ./addressbook/README for information on how to
install it.
See the Apache::WeSQL manpage for more information on how to get a new WeSQL going.
DEPENDENCIES
Prerequisites for an easy installation: a unix system with working Apache, perl,
mod_perl, and MySQL or PostgreSQL. We want to interface to a database, so we need
several Perl modules (do yourself a favour and get the latest versions!):
DBI
Data-ShowTable
ApacheDBI
DBI-Mysql or DBD-Pg
But if you are brave, there is no reason why WeSQL should not run on any system
with any webserver that can execute Perl code as cgi-scripts, and can connect to a
MySQL or PostgreSQL server.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Ward Vandewege. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL. See the file COPYING in
this directory for more information.
