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.IX Title "DBI::PurePerl 3"
.TH DBI::PurePerl 3 "2016-04-25" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DBI::PurePerl \-\- a DBI emulation using pure perl (no C/XS compilation required)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\& BEGIN { $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL} = 2 }
\& use DBI;
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This is a pure perl emulation of the \s-1DBI\s0 internals.  In almost all
cases you will be better off using standard \s-1DBI\s0 since the portions
of the standard version written in C make it *much* faster.
.PP
However, if you are in a situation where it isn't possible to install
a compiled version of standard \s-1DBI,\s0 and you're using pure-perl \s-1DBD\s0
drivers, then this module allows you to use most common features
of \s-1DBI\s0 without needing any changes in your scripts.
.SH "EXPERIMENTAL STATUS"
.IX Header "EXPERIMENTAL STATUS"
DBI::PurePerl is new so please treat it as experimental pending
more extensive testing.  So far it has passed all tests with \s-1DBD::CSV,\s0
DBD::AnyData, DBD::XBase, DBD::Sprite, DBD::mysqlPP.  Please send
bug reports to Jeff Zucker at <jeff@vpservices.com> with a cc to
<dbi\-dev@perl.org>.
.SH "USAGE"
.IX Header "USAGE"
The usage is the same as for standard \s-1DBI\s0 with the exception
that you need to set the environment variable \s-1DBI_PUREPERL\s0 if
you want to use the PurePerl version.
.PP
.Vb 2
\& DBI_PUREPERL == 0 (the default) Always use compiled DBI, die
\&                   if it isn\*(Aqt properly compiled & installed
\&
\& DBI_PUREPERL == 1 Use compiled DBI if it is properly compiled
\&                   & installed, otherwise use PurePerl
\&
\& DBI_PUREPERL == 2 Always use PurePerl
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.PP
You may set the environment variable in your shell (e.g. with
set or setenv or export, etc) or else set it in your script like
this:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& BEGIN { $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL}=2 }
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.PP
before you \f(CW\*(C`use DBI;\*(C'\fR.
.SH "INSTALLATION"
.IX Header "INSTALLATION"
In most situations simply install \s-1DBI \s0(see the \s-1DBI\s0 pod for details).
.PP
In the situation in which you can not install \s-1DBI\s0 itself, you
may manually copy \s-1DBI\s0.pm and PurePerl.pm into the appropriate
directories.
.PP
For example:
.PP
.Vb 2
\& cp DBI.pm      /usr/jdoe/mylibs/.
\& cp PurePerl.pm /usr/jdoe/mylibs/DBI/.
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.PP
Then add this to the top of scripts:
.PP
.Vb 4
\& BEGIN {
\&   $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL} = 1;      # or =2
\&   unshift @INC, \*(Aq/usr/jdoe/mylibs\*(Aq;
\& }
.Ve
.PP
(Or should we perhaps patch Makefile.PL so that if \s-1DBI_PUREPERL\s0
is set to 2 prior to make, the normal compile process is skipped
and the files are installed automatically?)
.SH "DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DBI AND DBI::PurePerl"
.IX Header "DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DBI AND DBI::PurePerl"
.SS "Attributes"
.IX Subsection "Attributes"
Boolean attributes still return boolean values but the actual values
used may be different, i.e., 0 or undef instead of an empty string.
.PP
Some handle attributes are either not supported or have very limited
functionality:
.PP
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\&  ActiveKids
\&  InactiveDestroy
\&  AutoInactiveDestroy
\&  Kids
\&  Taint
\&  TaintIn
\&  TaintOut
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.PP
(and probably others)
.SS "Tracing"
.IX Subsection "Tracing"
Trace functionality is more limited and the code to handle tracing is
only embedded into DBI:PurePerl if the \s-1DBI_TRACE\s0 environment variable
is defined.  To enable total tracing you can set the \s-1DBI_TRACE\s0
environment variable as usual.  But to enable individual handle
tracing using the \fItrace()\fR method you also need to set the \s-1DBI_TRACE\s0
environment variable, but set it to 0.
.SS "Parameter Usage Checking"
.IX Subsection "Parameter Usage Checking"
The \s-1DBI\s0 does some basic parameter count checking on method calls.
DBI::PurePerl doesn't.
.SS "Speed"
.IX Subsection "Speed"
DBI::PurePerl is slower. Although, with some drivers in some
contexts this may not be very significant for you.
.PP
By way of example... the test.pl script in the \s-1DBI\s0 source
distribution has a simple benchmark that just does:
.PP
.Vb 3
\&    my $null_dbh = DBI\->connect(\*(Aqdbi:NullP:\*(Aq,\*(Aq\*(Aq,\*(Aq\*(Aq);
\&    my $i = 10_000;
\&    $null_dbh\->prepare(\*(Aq\*(Aq) while $i\-\-;
.Ve
.PP
In other words just prepares a statement, creating and destroying
a statement handle, over and over again.  Using the real \s-1DBI\s0 this
runs at ~4550 handles per second whereas DBI::PurePerl manages
~2800 per second on the same machine (not too bad really).
.SS "May not fully support \fIhash()\fP"
.IX Subsection "May not fully support hash()"
If you want to use type 1 hash, i.e., \f(CW\*(C`hash($string,1)\*(C'\fR with
DBI::PurePerl, you'll need version 1.56 or higher of Math::BigInt
(available on \s-1CPAN\s0).
.SS "Doesn't support \fIpreparse()\fP"
.IX Subsection "Doesn't support preparse()"
The \s-1DBI\-\s0>\fIpreparse()\fR method isn't supported in DBI::PurePerl.
.SS "Doesn't support DBD::Proxy"
.IX Subsection "Doesn't support DBD::Proxy"
There's a subtle problem somewhere I've not been able to identify.
DBI::ProxyServer seem to work fine with DBI::PurePerl but DBD::Proxy
does not work 100% (which is sad because that would be far more useful :)
Try re-enabling t/80proxy.t for DBI::PurePerl to see if the problem
that remains will affect you're usage.
.SS "Others"
.IX Subsection "Others"
.Vb 1
\&  can() \- doesn\*(Aqt have any special behaviour
.Ve
.PP
Please let us know if you find any other differences between \s-1DBI\s0
and DBI::PurePerl.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Tim Bunce and Jeff Zucker.
.PP
Tim provided the direction and basis for the code.  The original
idea for the module and most of the brute force porting from C to
Perl was by Jeff. Tim then reworked some core parts to boost the
performance and accuracy of the emulation. Thanks also to Randal
Schwartz and John Tobey for patches.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 2002  Tim Bunce  Ireland.
.PP
See \s-1COPYRIGHT\s0 section in \s-1DBI\s0.pm for usage and distribution rights.