Why Perl for databases?
Ideally suited to data processing
- parsing / cleansing / filtering / merging / generating / formatting / etc …
Simple powerful and portable database interface
- The DBI module and database driver mdules, including DBD::Oracle
Applications
- Data acquisition and reporting
- Data Migration
- Web Page creation
Building sharper tools faster
- The choice of many experienced developers
- Extensive module library - growing at an ever faster rate
- Many powerful add-on modules for databases and the DBI