HowTo: Perl


Prerequisites


All the files required to run the examples are contained in the directory $DEP/doc/FirstSteps/Perl.


Accessing SQL using DBD::MaxDB

DBD::MaxDB is available from CPAN


Accessing SQL using DBD::ODBC

MaxDB can also be accessed using DBD::ODBC, because the MaxDB ODBC driver is vailable for all supported platforms.


Accessing the DB Manager using the SAP::DBTech::dbm module

Database state
StateMaxDB.pl shows
  • how to connect to the Database Manager
  • how to execute simple commands using the dbmcli syntax
  • how to parse results
  • execute it as
    perl StateMaxDB.py <dbmuser> <password> <dbname> <host>
    The command line arguments are optional, the defaults will access the installed example database MAXDB1 with dbm user DBM and password DBM.