Do you know a database written in Perl with DBI interface? - database

Question

Do you know a database written purely in Perl with DBI interface?
Or what can be used if there is no MySql or Postgresql installed and I want to use Perl only?
Thank you.
Ok, I just wanted something that can be used with Catalyst.

Answer 1

What about SQLite? DBD::SQLite

Answer 2

I believe DBD::CSV is a simple DBD implementation that uses Text::CSV to persist data to CSV files.

Answer 3

That depends greatly on what you consider "database".
If you just want something to store your data, there's a number of Perl databases avialable. Some are listed here: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/09/12/embedded.html
Tie::File
Berkley DB
SQLite
Please note that despite "SQLite is written in C" comments I saw here, the article explicitly states:
Conveniently, the DBI-driver for
SQLite, DBD::SQLite, already contains
the database engine itself as part of
the module - so installing this module
is all that is required to be able to
use SQLite from Perl.
However, NONE of the above is a real database engine, supporting transactions etc..., although some allow SQL-like query language access
I'm not aware of any real database engines implemented in Perl.

Answer 4

Perl rule 34:
If you can imagine it, there's a DBD
module for it ;)
http://search.cpan.org/search?m=module&q=DBD::&s=1

Answer 5

AFAIK there is no database in pure perl that is relational, it's not really economical; you might look in ACME on CPAN.
Essentially you have two choices: a pure perl module that provides a DBD package that wraps around, for example .txt, .csv, or .xml files.
If there is none, you could also implement a BDB/DBM style system of your own using pure perl, much like Ken Thompson did in C with DBM. It however, wouldn't be as complex as having SQL based relational database.
If you expect to use SQL, use an SQL based database.

Answer 6

DBD::DBM is a pure Perl database driver which is part of DBI itself since version 1.42 (April 2004). It can work with a variety of different database formats using the respective modules, e.g. BerkleyDB or SDBM_File (core module).
One needs to combine this with MLDBM to get a usable database (otherwise ony two columns per table are supported).
The documentation of DBD::DBM is quite extensive and provides a good overview of the different options and how to set it up.