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[ Resending 'cos I forgot to copy to Joseph :-( ]
"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