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C4/Database.pm

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+package C4::Database; #asummes C4/Database
+
+#requires DBI.pm to be installed
+
+use strict;
+require Exporter;
+use DBI;
+
+  
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
+  
+# set the version for version checking
+$VERSION = 0.09;
+    
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT = qw(&C4Connect);
+%EXPORT_TAGS = ( );     # eg: TAG => [ qw!name1 name2! ],
+		  
+# your exported package globals go here,
+# as well as any optionally exported functions
+
+@EXPORT_OK   = qw($Var1 %Hashit);
+
+
+# non-exported package globals go here
+use vars qw(@more $stuff);
+	
+# initalize package globals, first exported ones
+
+my $Var1   = '';
+my %Hashit = ();
+		    
+# then the others (which are still accessible as $Some::Module::stuff)
+my $stuff  = '';
+my @more   = ();
+	
+# all file-scoped lexicals must be created before
+# the functions below that use them.
+		
+# file-private lexicals go here
+my $priv_var    = '';
+my %secret_hash = ();
+			    
+# here's a file-private function as a closure,
+# callable as &$priv_func;  it cannot be prototyped.
+my $priv_func = sub {
+  # stuff goes here.
+};
+						    
+# make all your functions, whether exported or not;
+
+
+
+sub C4Connect  {
+  my $dbname="template1"; 
+  my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=$dbname", "chris", "");
+
+  return $dbh;
+}    
+			
+END { }       # module clean-up code here (global destructor)

test.pl

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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+#use DBI;
+use C4::Database;
+
+my $dbh=&C4Connect();
+my $sth=$dbh->prepare("Select * from test");
+$sth->execute;
+my @data=$sth->fetchrow_array;
+print @data;
+$sth->finish;
+
+my @names=$dbh->tables;
+$dbh->disconnect;
+
+print @names;