Part II. Extending Perl
This second part of the book describes a wide variety of Perl modules and applications that Oracle DBAs will find helpful. It consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 3 describes Perl/Tk, an extensive GUI-based toolkit for Perl, as well as a number of applications that provide Oracle DBAs with graphically oriented tools for performing database administration. In addition to Perl/Tk, this chapter covers OraExplain, StatsView, Orac, DDL::Oracle, SchemaDiff, Senora, DBD::Chart, SchemaView-Plus, and a variety of Perl GUI integrated development environments (IDEs) and debuggers.
Chapter 4 discusses the relationship between Perl and the Apache web server, and focuses on two Oracle applications that use a web browser as their user interface: Oracletool and Karma.
Chapter 5 explains how the use of Apache’s mod_perl module can greatly improve the performance of Perl web-based CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts used with Oracle. This chapter also covers several related Apache modules: Apache::Registry, Apache::DBI, and Apache::OWA (used to connect mod_perl to Oracle’s PL/SQL Web Toolkit).
Chapter 6 describes two applications, Embperl and Mason, that demonstrate the advantages of embedded scripting, a method that allows Perl code to be embedded within web pages. These tools provide a mechanism for filling your production web pages with dynamic Oracle data and creating your own Oracle web tools, while separating content from design issues.
Chapter 7 covers ...
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