my %dbinfo = (
		user    => 'user',
		pass    => 'password',
		dsh   => "DBI:mysql:database=DB:host=127.0.0.1:port=3307"
	);

	OR 

	my %dbinfo = (
		user		=> 'user',
		pass		=> 'password',
		database	=> 'DB',
		host		=> '127.0.0.1',
		port		=> '3307'
	);

	$my $dbh = dbconnect(\%dbinfo);

	my $select = ['Passwd.*', 'UsrGrp.UsrGrpName'];
	my $from = ['Passwd'];
	my $joins = [];
	push @{$joins}, join_struct("PasswdHostGrp", "Passwd.PasswdID", "PasswdHostGrp.PasswdID");
	push @{$joins}, join_struct("UsrGrp", "Passwd.PrimaryGroupID", "UsrGrp.UsrGrpID");
	my $wheres = "PasswdHostGrp.HostGrpID IN ('group1', 'group2')";

	my $arrayref = dbselect_array($dbh, build_select($select, $from, $joins, $wheres, 0));

	#!/usr/bin/perl -w
	#
	use strict;
	use DBD::mysql::SimpleMySQL qw/:all/;

	my %dbinfo = (
		user		=> 'user',
		pass		=> 'password',
		database	=> 'DB',
		host		=> '127.0.0.1',
		port		=> '3307'
	);

	$my $dbh = dbconnect(\%dbinfo);

	my $select = ['Passwd.*', 'UsrGrp.UsrGrpName'];
	my $from = ['Passwd'];
	my $joins = [];
	push @{$joins}, join_struct("PasswdHostGrp", "Passwd.PasswdID", "PasswdHostGrp.PasswdID");
	push @{$joins}, join_struct("UsrGrp", "Passwd.PrimaryGroupID", "UsrGrp.UsrGrpID");
	my $wheres = "PasswdHostGrp.HostGrpID IN ('group1', 'group2')";

	my $arrayref = dbselect_array($dbh, build_select($select, $from, $joins, $wheres, 0));




	my $i = 1;
	for my $row (@{$arrayref}) {
		print "Row $i\n";
		for my $key (keys(%{$row})) {
			print "\t$key = ${$row}{$key}\n";
		}
		$i++;
	}

DBD::mysql::SimpleMySQL is an extention of the DBI mysql driver. It simplifies getting the data you want out of your DB. I wrote it because I found that everytime I put together a DBI based app I ended up writing these functions anyway.

dbselect($$) Takes a DBI db handle and a MySQL query string.

dbselect_arrayref($$) Takes a DBI db handle and a MySQL query string.

dbinsert dbupdate($$$$) Takes a DBI db handle, table name string, a hash ref of Columns to update including an "ID" column, and the "ID" column string

dbdo($$) Takes a DBI db handle and a SQL command string. This string is pretty much passed directly to $dbh->do

where_struct($$$) Takes a key, type and value argument. Key is the column name or function in a where clause. Type is the comparison, "LIKE", "IN", "=" etc. Value is the value. "WHERE Key = Value." Returns a reference to be used in "build_wheres"

join_struct($$$) Takes a table, tableid and joinid. Table is the table to join to query. Tableid is the key to join the table on. "JOIN table ON tableid = joinid." Joinid is the key to join the table on. "JOIN table ON tableid = joinid." Returns a reference to be used in "build_joins"

build_joins($) Takes a "join_struct" reference. Builds a LEFT JOIN query string. OR Takes a JOIN string directly including the "JOIN". Returns a LEFT JOIN string to be passed to "build_*"

build_wheres($) Takes a reference to an array of "where_struct" references. Builds a WHERE query string. OR Takes a WHERE string directly not including the "WHERE". Returns a WHERE string to be passed to "build_*"

build_select($$$$$)

build_insert($$)

build_delete($$$)

find_dup($$$$)

Jacob Boswell

DBD::mysql::SimpleMySQL is Copyright(c) 2004 Jacob Boswell. All rights reserved You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.