NAME
DBD::pNET - Perl network database driver for the DBI module
pNETagent - DBI proxy server
SYNOPSIS
use DBI;
$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:pNET:hostname=$host:port=$port:dsn=$db",
$user, $passwd);
# See the DBI module documentation for full details
pNETagent --port <port> [other options]
DESCRIPTION
DBD::pNET is a Perl module for connecting to a database via a remote DBI
driver. This is of course not needed for DBI drivers which already
support connecting to a remote database, but there are DBI drivers which
work with local databases only, for example DBD::ODBC.
pNETagent is the DBI proxy server usually running on the same machine
than the DBMS. It may run on other machines, if the DBMS itself supports
access over the network. This can be useful in a firewalled environment.
pNETagent supports security features like host and user based
authorization, encryption and query restrictions: You can create a
set of queries that the client may execute and restrict access to
these. Again, this is of special importance in a firewalled
environment.
REQUIREMENTS
DBD::pNET is based on the pRPC-modules (Perl RPC) a package for aiding
the development of Perl based client/server applications. You find the
this module on any CPAN mirror, for example
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/JWIED
pRPC is in turn is based on the "Storable" module. This is available
from CPAN too, see
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/RAP
SEE ALSO
the DBD::pNET(3) manpage, the pNETagent(1) manpage, the DBI(3) manpage,
the RPC::pClient(3) manpage, the IO::Serialize(3) manpage
AUTHOR
Jochen Wiedmann
Am Eisteich 9
72555 Metzingen
Germany
Email:
[email protected]
Phone: +49 7123 14881
COPYRIGHT
The DBD::pNET module is Copyright (c) 1997 Jochen Wiedmann. Parts of the
sources are based on the DBD::Oracle module. The DBD::Oracle module is
Copyright (c) 1995,1996,1997 Tim Bunce. England.
The DBD::pNET module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, with the exception that
it cannot be placed on a CD-ROM or similar media for commercial
distribution without the prior approval of the author.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
See also the "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" entry in the DBI manpage.
