Multiple database support

Julian Mehnle lists at mehnle.net
Tue Sep 2 10:36:11 UTC 2003


Bradley Baetz <bbaetz at acm.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 06:13:12PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> > > I haven't tested it yet, but PostgreSQL requires correct ANSI SQL '
> > > placement.  Furthermore, one thing I cannot easily provide is the
> > > LAST_INSERT_ID()/@@identity stuff.  PostgreSQL requires use of its
> > > sequences for that and I'd reckon Oracle does as well (need to check).
> 
> The latest DBI has an API for this. I don't know what DBD drivers
> support it, but I'd prefer to use the official interface for this now
> that one exists. 

Out of pure interest, what kind of API is that?  I.e. for what would I have to search to find that in the latest DBI from CPAN?





More information about the developers mailing list