[Tutor] os.system(mysql) (Was help)
dman
dsh8290@rit.edu
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:22:54 -0500
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:27:07AM -0700, Jackson wrote:
| D --
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| >So, while what you proposed above is doable, I'd recommend using the
| >programmatic API instead. The main difference between accessing a db
| >and editing a file is that db's have APIs while most text editors
| >don't. You could write a text editor, but why?
|
| Dare I raise the spector of Emacs,
No <wink>.
| which does have a sql-mysql mode.
interesting ...
| Although I'm not sure if that qualifies as an API.
Is it a shell-like thing, or is it a set of functions that can be
called programmatically? PostgreSQL comes with a shell, 'psql', that
can be run and used to interactively execute SQL statements. An API
is an Application Programming Interface -- an interface for
applications, not people, to use.
-D