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07:43 Sat 3 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
Careful, or the platypus may come after you..

shripman12 said:
in order to do what your asking i need a bit more information on your website, i have a general idea what you mean but just need to be sure!


Simplest way to get info on his website is to have a look at it
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08:28 Sat 3 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
Lmao spinner, i did look at his website lol, thats what the post underneath was for lol, i sorted his site and he redone it, no more probs now
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09:30 Sun 4 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
shripman12 said:
the document you require is called perl


Okay so perl is a form of document...

shripman12 said:
Perl is a database that you use alongside mysql


Wait hold up, perl is now a database...

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Let me educate you shrip.

Perl's website:

http://www.perl.org/

Their own description of perl:

"What is Perl?
Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language. It is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors and is widely used to program web applications of all needs."

For the giggles, wikipedia have their own page on perl for some exciting reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl

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Happy reading.

~ Dark ~
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10:26 Sun 4 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
Soooooooo help me out here... I'm desperately trying to keep up...

Is Perl a language used to script and write programs? If so what makes Perl different to any other scripting program? And is Perl used to write any other programs other than forum use?

And I understand why shrippy would call it a database as the purpose of it here is to store information...
So Perl is a piece of code that stores information...

Surely then you're all right?

(Sm_rat, your local PC dummy)


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08:00 Sat 10 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
nm, see next post

Edited at 14:04 Sat 10/01/09 (GMT)
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08:03 Sat 10 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
sm_rat said:
Soooooooo help me out here... I'm desperately trying to keep up...

Is Perl a language used to script and write programs? If so what makes Perl different to any other scripting program? And is Perl used to write any other programs other than forum use?


Perl is a general script language used for a wide variety of purposes. Interfacing databases like mySQL etc is just one of many uses.

I have limited experience with perl myself, but one of the known strengths is string operations (text parsing/manipulation - which is a large part of what you do when working with SQL queries and why it is often used for stuff like that)
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12:17 Sat 10 Jan 09 (GMT)  [Link]  
To Echo what Jan says, though i often "use" PERL in database queries, I don't have much experience in the language itself.

This is because its a "high level" language. Meaning you are more likely to encounter tools and utilities which basically "write" the appropiate PERL script for you, depending on the task you want to perform.

The history section of the wikipedia link DC gave above is probably the most helpful in understanding what it is if you don't have any experience in programming.

The reason you have come accross it in "forum land" is because a forum is basically a large database of text strings, hence PERL is ideally suited for building search queries etc.
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