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Re: hook for qs// operator for embedded SQL?

From:
M.J.T. Guy
Date:
March 20, 2000 00:10
Subject:
Re: hook for qs// operator for embedded SQL?
Message ID:
E12WxGv-00006N-00@taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk
"Joseph N. Hall" <joseph@5sigma.com> wrote
> I'd like to be able to do things like
> 
>   # insert code to connect, select "default" database, etc here...
>   @rows = qs(select foo, bar from baz);
>   print "some element is $rows[5][1]\n";

How does this differ from

  sub qs { do_whatever_qs_operator_is_meant_to_do };

  @rows = qs("select foo, bar from baz");

?

Saving two quote characters doesn't seem like a big deal.   Or perhaps
you want to invent SQL-requests-as-objects?


Mike Guy

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