[geeks] Solaris 10 install size

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Why are you looking at classes?  
> 
> There are several ways to do this.
> 
> It occurs to me the simplest way would be to avoid any big classes, and
> just bash strings:
> 
> 	$basesql = "insert into <database> values (%s, %s, %s,...)";
> 	while (loop through data structure) 
> 	{
> 		$sql = sprintf($basesql,$var1,$var2,$var3,...);
> 		$dbh->do($sql);
> 	}
> 
> There are different and faster ways like using bound variable statements
> and that sort of thing, but that's up to you and your exact needs.  It
> all boils down to a simple loop and string bashing.

Frankly, the obvious way is to use DBI and DBD::MySQL.

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