Re: How to use perl dbi to create a database

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:51:45 -0400
"Sharma, Sumit" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
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> I am trying to use Perl to identify if a given database exists or not
> and if it doesn't create the database and then connect to it.
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> Is there any way using Perl DBI to first identify whether a given
> database exists or not if it doesn't create the database?


Well I am not sure what you are trying to do, but lets say your
database has the name "my_data.db"


Check that my_data.db exists

   if (-e my_data.db){connect} else {connect and create}

See how you go from there



Owen