######################################################################## package DBI; ######################################################################## # # Copyright (c) 2002 Tim Bunce Ireland. # # See COPYRIGHT section in DBI.pm for usage and distribution rights. # ######################################################################## # # Please send patches and bug reports to # # Jeff Zucker with cc to # ######################################################################## # TODO: # recheck code against DBI # support TraceLevel and other attributes use strict; use Carp; require Symbol; $DBI::PurePerl = $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL} || 1; $DBI::PurePerl::VERSION = substr(q$Revision: 1.15 $, 10); $DBI::neat_maxlen ||= 400; $DBI::tfh = Symbol::gensym(); open $DBI::tfh, ">&STDERR" or warn "Can't dup STDERR: $!"; %DBI::last_method_except = map { $_=>1 } qw(DESTROY _set_fbav set_err); use constant SQL_ALL_TYPES => 0; use constant SQL_ARRAY => 50; use constant SQL_ARRAY_LOCATOR => 51; use constant SQL_BINARY => (-2); use constant SQL_BIT => (-7); use constant SQL_BLOB => 30; use constant SQL_BLOB_LOCATOR => 31; use constant SQL_BOOLEAN => 16; use constant SQL_CHAR => 1; use constant SQL_CLOB => 40; use constant SQL_CLOB_LOCATOR => 41; use constant SQL_DATE => 9; use constant SQL_DATETIME => 9; use constant SQL_DECIMAL => 3; use constant SQL_DOUBLE => 8; use constant SQL_FLOAT => 6; use constant SQL_GUID => (-11); use constant SQL_INTEGER => 4; use constant SQL_INTERVAL => 10; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_DAY => 103; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_HOUR => 108; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_MINUTE => 109; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND => 110; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR => 104; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_MINUTE => 111; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_SECOND => 112; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_MINUTE => 105; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_MINUTE_TO_SECOND => 113; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_MONTH => 102; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_SECOND => 106; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_YEAR => 101; use constant SQL_INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH => 107; use constant SQL_LONGVARBINARY => (-4); use constant SQL_LONGVARCHAR => (-1); use constant SQL_MULTISET => 55; use constant SQL_MULTISET_LOCATOR => 56; use constant SQL_NUMERIC => 2; use constant SQL_REAL => 7; use constant SQL_REF => 20; use constant SQL_ROW => 19; use constant SQL_SMALLINT => 5; use constant SQL_TIME => 10; use constant SQL_TIMESTAMP => 11; use constant SQL_TINYINT => (-6); use constant SQL_TYPE_DATE => 91; use constant SQL_TYPE_TIME => 92; use constant SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP => 93; use constant SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIMEZONE => 95; use constant SQL_TYPE_TIME_WITH_TIMEZONE => 94; use constant SQL_UDT => 17; use constant SQL_UDT_LOCATOR => 18; use constant SQL_UNKNOWN_TYPE => 0; use constant SQL_VARBINARY => (-3); use constant SQL_VARCHAR => 12; use constant SQL_WCHAR => (-8); use constant SQL_WLONGVARCHAR => (-10); use constant SQL_WVARCHAR => (-9); use constant IMA_HAS_USAGE => 0x0001; #/* check parameter usage */ use constant IMA_FUNC_REDIRECT => 0x0002; #/* is $h->func(..., "method")*/ use constant IMA_KEEP_ERR => 0x0004; #/* don't reset err & errstr */ use constant IMA_spare => 0x0008; #/* */ use constant IMA_NO_TAINT_IN => 0x0010; #/* don't check for tainted args*/ use constant IMA_NO_TAINT_OUT => 0x0020; #/* don't taint results */ use constant IMA_COPY_STMT => 0x0040; #/* copy sth Statement to dbh */ use constant IMA_END_WORK => 0x0080; #/* set on commit & rollback */ use constant IMA_STUB => 0x0100; #/* donothing eg $dbh->connected */ my %is_flag_attribute = map {$_ =>1 } qw( Active AutoCommit ChopBlanks CompatMode Taint TaintIn TaintOut InactiveDestroy LongTruncOk MultiThread PrintError RaiseError ShowErrorStatement Warn ); my %is_valid_attribute = map {$_ =>1 } (keys %is_flag_attribute, qw( ActiveKids Attribution BegunWork CachedKids CursorName Database DebugDispatch Driver FetchHashKeyName HandleError ImplementorClass Kids LongReadLen NAME NAME_uc NAME_lc NAME_uc_hash NAME_lc_hash NUM_OF_FIELDS NUM_OF_PARAMS Name ParamValues Profile Provider RootClass RowsInCache RowCacheSize Statement TraceLevel Version )); sub valid_attribute { my $attr = shift; return 1 if $is_valid_attribute{$attr}; return 1 if $attr =~ m/^[a-z]/; # starts with lowercase letter return 0 } my $initial_setup; sub initial_setup { $initial_setup = 1; warn __FILE__ . " version " . $DBI::PurePerl::VERSION . "\n" if $DBI::dbi_debug; untie $DBI::err; untie $DBI::errstr; untie $DBI::state; #tie $DBI::lasth, 'DBI::var', '!lasth'; # special case: return boolean #tie $DBI::rows, 'DBI::var', '&rows'; # call &rows in last used pkg } sub _install_method { my ( $caller, $method, $from, $param_hash ) = @_; initial_setup() unless $initial_setup; my ($class, $method_name) = $method =~ /^[^:]+::(.+)::(.+)$/; my $bitmask = $param_hash->{'O'} || 0; my @pre_call_frag; push @pre_call_frag, q{ return $h->{$_[0]} if exists $h->{$_[0]}; } if $method_name eq 'FETCH' && !exists $ENV{DBI_TRACE}; push @pre_call_frag, "return;" if IMA_STUB & $bitmask; push @pre_call_frag, q{ $method_name = $imp . '::' . pop @_; } if IMA_FUNC_REDIRECT & $bitmask; push @pre_call_frag, q{ my $dbh = $h->{Database}; warn "No Database set for $h on $method_name!" unless $dbh; # eg proxy problems $dbh->{Statement} = $h->{Statement} if $dbh; } if IMA_COPY_STMT & $bitmask; push @pre_call_frag, q{ $h->{err} = 0; $h->{errstr} = $DBI::state = ''; } unless IMA_KEEP_ERR & $bitmask; # see above push @pre_call_frag, q{ if ($DBI::dbi_debug >= 2) { local $^W; my $args = join " ", map { DBI::neat($_) } ($h, @_); printf $DBI::tfh " > $method_name in $imp ($args)\n"; } } if exists $ENV{DBI_TRACE}; # note use of 'exists' push @pre_call_frag, q{ $h->{'_last_method'} = $method_name; } unless exists $DBI::last_method_except{$method_name}; # --- post method call code fragments --- my @post_call_frag; push @post_call_frag, q{ if ($DBI::dbi_debug) { if ($h->{err}) { printf $DBI::tfh " !! ERROR: %s %s\n", $h->{err}, $h->{errstr}; } my $ret = join " ", map { DBI::neat($_) } @ret; printf $DBI::tfh " < $method_name= %s\n", $ret; } } if exists $ENV{DBI_TRACE}; # note use of exists push @post_call_frag, q{ if ($h->{BegunWork}) {; $h->{BegunWork} = 0; $h->{AutoCommit} = 1; } } if IMA_END_WORK & $bitmask; push @post_call_frag, q{ if ($h->{err} && $call_depth <= 1) { my $last = ($DBI::last_method_except{$method_name}) ? ($h->{'_last_method'}||$method_name) : $method_name; my $errstr = $h->{errstr} || $DBI::errstr || $DBI::err || ''; my $msg = sprintf "%s %s failed: %s", $imp, $last, $errstr; if ($h->{'ShowErrorStatement'} and my $Statement = $h->{Statement}) { $msg .= ' for [``' . $Statement . "''"; my $ParamValues = $h->FETCH('ParamValues'); if ($ParamValues) { my $pv_idx = 0; $msg .= " with params: "; while ( my($k,$v) = each %$ParamValues ) { $msg .= sprintf "%s%s=%s", ($pv_idx++==0) ? "" : ", ", $k, DBI::neat($v); } } $msg .= "]"; } $msg .= "\n"; my $do_croak = 1; if (my $subsub = $h->{'HandleError'}) { $do_croak = 0 if &$subsub($msg,$h,$ret[0]); } if ($do_croak) { carp $msg if $h->{PrintError}; croak $msg if $h->{RaiseError}; } } } unless IMA_KEEP_ERR & $bitmask; my $method_code = q[ sub { my $h = shift; my $h_inner = tied(%$h); ] . ($method_name eq 'DESTROY' ? "return if \$h_inner;\n" : "") . q[ $h = $h_inner if $h_inner; # XXX this eval isn't good because it overwrites $@ my $imp = eval { $h->{"ImplementorClass"} } or return; # probably global destruction ] . join("\n", '', @pre_call_frag, '') . q[ my $call_depth = $h->{'_call_depth'} + 1; local ($h->{'_call_depth'}) = $call_depth; my $sub = $imp->can($method_name) or croak "Can't find $method_name method for $h"; my @ret; (wantarray) ? (@ret = &$sub($h,@_)) : (@ret = scalar &$sub($h,@_)); ] . join("\n", '', @post_call_frag, '') . q[ return (wantarray) ? @ret : $ret[0]; } ]; no strict qw(refs); my $code_ref = eval qq{#line 1 "$method"\n$method_code}; warn "$@\n$method_code\n" if $@; die "$@\n$method_code\n" if $@; *$method = $code_ref; if (0 && $method =~ 'FETCH') { # debuging tool my $l=0; # show line-numbered code for method warn "*$method = ".join("\n", map { ++$l.": $_" } split/\n/,$method_code); } } sub _setup_handle { my($h, $imp_class, $parent, $imp_data) = @_; my $h_inner = tied(%$h) || $h; warn "\n_setup_handle(@_)" if $DBI::dbi_debug >= 4; $h_inner->{"imp_data"} = $imp_data; $h_inner->{"ImplementorClass"} = $imp_class; $h_inner->{"Kids"} = $h_inner->{"ActiveKids"} = 0; # XXX not maintained if ($parent) { foreach (qw( RaiseError PrintError HandleError Warn LongTruncOk ChopBlanks AutoCommit ShowErrorStatement FetchHashKeyName LongReadLen CompatMode )) { $h_inner->{$_} = $parent->{$_} if exists $parent->{$_} && !exists $h_inner->{$_}; } if (ref($parent) =~ /^[^:]+::db/) { $h_inner->{Database} = $parent; $parent->{Statement} = $h_inner->{Statement}; if (0) { require Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Indent=1; warn Dumper([ "PARENT: $parent:", $parent, "CHILD: $h_inner:", $h_inner, ]) if 1; } } elsif (ref($parent) =~ /^[^:]+::dr/){ $h_inner->{Driver} = $parent; } $h_inner->{_parent} = $parent; } else { # setting up a driver handle $h_inner->{Warn} = 1; $h_inner->{AutoCommit} = 1; $h_inner->{TraceLevel} = 0; $h_inner->{CompatMode} = (1==0); $h_inner->{FetchHashKeyName} ||= 'NAME'; $h_inner->{LongReadLen} ||= 80; } $h_inner->{"_call_depth"} = 0; $h_inner->{"Active"} = 1; } sub constant { warn "constant @_"; return; } sub trace { my ($h, $level, $file) = @_; my $old_level = $DBI::dbi_debug; _set_trace_file($file); if (defined $level) { $DBI::dbi_debug = $level; print $DBI::tfh " DBI $DBI::VERSION (PurePerl) " . "dispatch trace level set to $level\n" if $level; if ($level==0 and fileno($DBI::tfh)) { _set_trace_file(""); } } return $old_level; } sub _set_trace_file { my ($file) = @_; return unless defined $file; if (!$file || $file eq 'STDERR') { open $DBI::tfh, ">&STDERR" or warn "Can't dup STDERR: $!"; return 1; } if ($file eq 'STDOUT') { open $DBI::tfh, ">&STDOUT" or warn "Can't dup STDOUT: $!"; return 1; } open $DBI::tfh, ">>$file" or carp "Can't open $file: $!"; select((select($DBI::tfh), $| = 1)[0]); return 1; } sub _get_imp_data { shift->{"imp_data"}; } sub _svdump { } sub dump_handle { my $h = shift; warn join "\n", %$h; } sub _handles { my $h = shift; my $h_inner = tied %$h; if ($h_inner) { # this is okay return $h unless wantarray; return ($h, $h_inner); } # XXX this isn't okay... we have an inner handle but # currently have no way to get at its outer handle, # so we just warn and return the inner one for both... Carp::carp("Can't return outer handle from inner handle using DBI::PurePerl"); return $h unless wantarray; return ($h,$h); } sub hash { my ($key, $type) = @_; my ($hash); if (!$type) { $hash = 0; # XXX The C version uses the "char" type, which could be either # signed or unsigned. I use signed because so do the two # compilers on my system. for my $char (unpack ("c*", $key)) { $hash = $hash * 33 + $char; } $hash &= 0x7FFFFFFF; # limit to 31 bits $hash |= 0x40000000; # set bit 31 return -$hash; # return negative int } elsif ($type == 1) { # Fowler/Noll/Vo hash # see http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv/ require Math::BigInt; # feel free to reimplement w/o BigInt! my $version = $Math::BigInt::VERSION || 0; if ($version >= 1.56) { $hash = Math::BigInt->new(0x811c9dc5); for my $uchar (unpack ("C*", $key)) { # multiply by the 32 bit FNV magic prime mod 2^64 $hash = ($hash * 0x01000193) & 0xffffffff; # xor the bottom with the current octet $hash ^= $uchar; } # cast to int return unpack "i", pack "i", $hash; } croak("DBI::PurePerl doesn't support hash type 1 without Math::BigInt >= 1.56 (available on CPAN)"); } else { croak("bad hash type $type"); } } sub looks_like_number { my @new = (); for my $thing(@_) { if (!defined $thing or $thing eq '') { push @new, undef; } elsif ( ($thing & ~ $thing) eq "0") { # magic from Randal push @new, 1; } else { push @new, 0; } } return (@_ >1) ? @new : $new[0]; } sub neat { my $v = shift; return "undef" unless defined $v; return $v if looks_like_number($v); my $maxlen = shift || $DBI::neat_maxlen; if ($maxlen && $maxlen < length($v) + 2) { $v = substr($v,0,$maxlen-5); $v .= '...'; } return "'$v'"; } package DBI::var; # ============ DBI::var sub FETCH { my($key)=shift; return $DBI::err if $$key eq '*err'; return $DBI::errstr if $$key eq '&errstr'; Carp::croak("FETCH $key not supported when using DBI::PurePerl"); } package DBD::_::common; # ============ DBD::_::common sub trace { # XXX should set per-handle level, not global my ($h, $level, $file) = @_; my $old_level = $DBI::dbi_debug; if (defined $level) { $DBI::dbi_debug = $level; printf $DBI::tfh " %s trace level set to %d in DBI $DBI::VERSION (PurePerl)\n", $h, $level if $level; } _set_trace_file($file) if defined $file; return $old_level; } *debug = \&trace; *debug = \&trace; # twice to avoid typo warning sub FETCH { my($h,$key)= @_; my $v = $h->{$key}; #warn ((exists $h->{$key}) ? "$key=$v\n" : "$key NONEXISTANT\n"); return $v if defined $v; if ($key =~ /^NAME_.c$/) { my $cols = $h->FETCH('NAME'); return undef unless $cols; my @lcols = map { lc $_ } @$cols; $h->STORE('NAME_lc', \@lcols); my @ucols = map { uc $_ } @$cols; $h->STORE('NAME_uc',\@ucols); return $h->FETCH($key); } if ($key =~ /^NAME.*_hash$/) { my $i=0; for my $c(@{$h->FETCH('NAME')}) { $h->{'NAME_hash'}->{$c} = $i; $h->{'NAME_lc_hash'}->{"\L$c"} = $i; $h->{'NAME_uc_hash'}->{"\U$c"} = $i; $i++; } return $h->{$key}; } if (!defined $v && !exists $h->{$key}) { return ($h->FETCH('TaintIn') && $h->FETCH('TaintOut')) if $key eq'Taint'; return (1==0) if $is_flag_attribute{$key}; # return perl-style sv_no, not undef return $DBI::dbi_debug if $key eq 'TraceLevel'; if (!$is_valid_attribute{$key} and $key =~ m/^[A-Z]/) { local $^W; # hide undef warnings Carp::croak( sprintf "Can't get %s->{%s}: unrecognised attribute (@{[ %$h ]})",$h,$key ) } } return $v; } sub STORE { my ($h,$key,$value) = @_; if ($key eq 'AutoCommit') { croak("DBD driver has not implemented the AutoCommit attribute") unless $value == -900 || $value == -901; $value = ($value == -901); } elsif ($key =~ /^Taint/ ) { Carp::croak(sprintf "Can't set %s->{%s}: Taint mode not supported by DBI::PurePerl",$h,$key); } elsif ($key eq 'TraceLevel') { $DBI::dbi_debug = $value; return 1; } elsif (!$is_valid_attribute{$key} && $key =~ /^[A-Z]/ && !exists $h->{$key}) { Carp::croak(sprintf "Can't set %s->{%s}: unrecognised attribute or invalid value %s", $h,$key,$value); } $h->{$key} = $is_flag_attribute{$key} ? !!$value : $value; return 1; } sub err { my $h = shift; return $h->{'err'} || $h->{'errstr'}; } sub errstr { my $h = shift; my $errstr = $h->{'errstr'} || ''; # $h->{'err'}; caught in DBD-CSV return $errstr; } sub state { return shift->{state}; } sub set_err { my ($h, $errnum,$msg,$state, $method, $rv) = @_; $h = tied(%$h) || $h; # for code that calls $h->DBI::set_err(...) $msg = $errnum unless defined $msg; $h->{'_last_method'} = $method; $h->{err} = $DBI::err = $errnum; $h->{errstr} = $DBI::errstr = $msg; $h->{state} = $DBI::state = (defined $state) ? ($state eq "00000" ? "" : $state) : ($errnum ? "S1000" : ""); if (my $p = $h->{_parent}) { $p->{err} = $errnum; $p->{errstr} = $msg; $p->{state} = $DBI::state; } return $rv; # usually undef } sub trace_msg { my ($h, $msg, $minlevel)=@_; $minlevel = 1 unless defined $minlevel; #my $curlevel = (ref $h) ? $h->{TraceLevel} : 0; # XXX my $curlevel = $DBI::dbi_debug; # XXX if $DBI::dbi_debug > $curlevel; return if $curlevel < $minlevel; print $DBI::tfh $msg; return 1; } sub private_data { warn "private_data @_"; } sub rows { return -1; # always returns -1 here, see DBD::_::st::rows below } sub DESTROY { } package DBD::_::st; # ============ DBD::_::st sub fetchrow_arrayref { my $h = shift; # if we're here then driver hasn't implemented fetch/fetchrow_arrayref # so we assume they've implemented fetchrow_array and call that instead my @row = $h->fetchrow_array or return; return $h->_set_fbav(\@row); } # twice to avoid typo warning *fetch = \&fetchrow_arrayref; *fetch = \&fetchrow_arrayref; sub fetchrow_array { my $h = shift; # if we're here then driver hasn't implemented fetchrow_array # so we assume they've implemented fetch/fetchrow_arrayref my $row = $h->fetch or return; return @$row; } *fetchrow = \&fetchrow_array; *fetchrow = \&fetchrow_array; sub fetchrow_hashref { my $h = shift; my $row = $h->fetch or return; my $FetchCase = shift; my $FetchHashKeyName = $FetchCase || $h->{'FetchHashKeyName'} || 'NAME'; my $FetchHashKeys = $h->FETCH($FetchHashKeyName); my %rowhash; @rowhash{ @$FetchHashKeys } = @$row; return \%rowhash; } sub dbih_setup_fbav { my $h = shift; return $h->{'_fbav'} || do { $DBI::PurePerl::var->{rows} = $h->{'_rows'} = 0; my $fields = $h->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'} or DBI::croak("NUM_OF_FIELDS not set"); my @row = (undef) x $fields; \@row; }; } sub _get_fbav { my $h = shift; my $av = $h->{'_fbav'} ||= dbih_setup_fbav($h); ++$h->{'_rows'}; return $av; } sub _set_fbav { my $h = shift; my $fbav = $h->{'_fbav'}; if ($fbav) { ++$h->{'_rows'}; } else { $fbav = $h->_get_fbav; } my $row = shift; if (my $bc = $h->{'_bound_cols'}) { for my $i (0..@$row-1) { my $bound = $bc->[$i]; $fbav->[$i] = ($bound) ? ($$bound = $row->[$i]) : $row->[$i]; } } else { @$fbav = @$row; } return $fbav; } sub bind_col { my ($h, $col, $value_ref,$from_bind_columns) = @_; $col-- unless $from_bind_columns; # XXX fix later DBI::croak("bind_col($col,$value_ref) needs a reference to a scalar") unless ref $value_ref eq 'SCALAR'; my $fbav = $h->_get_fbav; $h->{'_bound_cols'}->[$col] = $value_ref; return 1; } sub bind_columns { my $h = shift; shift if !defined $_[0] or ref $_[0] eq 'HASH'; # old style args my $fbav = $h->_get_fbav; DBI::croak("bind_columns called with wrong number of args") if @_ != @$fbav; foreach (0..@_-1) { $h->bind_col($_, $_[$_],'from_bind_columns') } return 1; } sub finish { my $h = shift; $h->{'_fbav'} = undef; $h->{'Active'} = 0; return 1; } sub rows { my $h = shift; my $rows = $h->{'_rows'} || $DBI::PurePerl::var->{rows}; return -1 unless defined $rows; return $rows; } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME DBI::PurePerl -- a DBI emulation using pure perl (no C/XS compilation required) =head1 SYNOPSIS BEGIN { $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL} = 2 } use DBI; =head1 DESCRIPTION This is a pure perl emulation of the DBI internals. In almost all cases you will be better off using standard DBI since the portions of the standard version written in C make it *much* faster. However, if you are in a situation where it isn't possible to install a compiled version of standard DBI, and you're using pure-perl DBD drivers, then this module allows you to use most common features of DBI without needing any changes in your scripts. =head1 EXPERIMENTAL STATUS DBI::PurePerl is very new so please treat it as experimental pending more extensive testing. So far it has passed all tests with DBD::CSV, DBD::AnyData, DBD::XBase, DBD::Sprite, DBD::mysqlPP. Please send bug reports to Jeff Zucker at with a cc to . =head1 USAGE The usage is the same as for standard DBI with the exception that you need to set the enviornment variable DBI_PUREPERL if you want to use the PurePerl version. DBI_PUREPERL == 0 (the default) Always use compiled DBI, die if it isn't properly compiled & installed DBI_PUREPERL == 1 Use compiled DBI if it is properly compiled & installed, otherwise use PurePerl DBI_PUREPERL == 2 Always use PurePerl You may set the enviornment variable in your shell (e.g. with set or setenv or export, etc) or else set it in your script like this: BEGIN { $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL}=2 } before you C. =head1 INSTALLATION In most situations simply install DBI (see the DBI pod for details). In the situation in which you can not install DBI itself, you may manually copy DBI.pm and PurePerl.pm into the appropriate directories. For example: cp DBI.pm /usr/jdoe/mylibs/. cp PurePerl.pm /usr/jdoe/mylibs/DBI/. Then add this to the top of scripts: BEGIN { $ENV{DBI_PUREPERL} = 1; # or =2 unshift @INC, '/usr/jdoe/mylibs'; } (Or should we perhaps patch Makefile.PL so that if DBI_PUREPERL is set to 2 prior to make, the normal compile process is skipped and the files are installed automatically?) =head1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DBI AND DBI::PurePerl =head2 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. Some handle attributes are either not supported or have very limited functionality: ActiveKids InactiveDestroy Kids Taint TaintIn TaintOut TraceLevel (and probably others) =head2 Tracing Trace functionality is more limited and the code to handle tracing is only embeded into DBI:PurePerl if the DBI_TRACE environment variable is defined. To enable total tracing you can set the DBI_TRACE environment variable as usual. But to enable individual handle tracing using the trace() method you also need to set the DBI_TRACE environment variable, but set it to 0. =head2 Parameter Usage Checking The DBI does some basic parameter count checking on method calls. DBI::PurePerl doesn't. =head2 Speed DBI::PurePerl is slower. Although, with some drivers in some contexts this may not be very significant for you. By way of example... the test.pl script in the DBI source distribution has a simple benchmark that just does: my $null_dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:NullP:','',''); my $i = 10_000; $null_dbh->prepare('') while $i--; In other words just prepares a statement, creating and destroying a statement handle, over and over again. Using the real DBI this runs at ~4550 handles per second whereas DBI::PurePerl manages ~2800 per second on the same machine (not too bad really). =head2 May not fully support hash() If you want to use type 1 hash, i.e., C with DBI::PurePerl, you'll need version 1.56 or higher of Math::BigInt (available on CPAN). =head2 Doesn't support preparse() The DBI->preparse() method isn't supported in DBI::PurePerl. =head2 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. =head2 Undoubtedly Others Please let us know if you find any other differences between DBI and DBI::PurePerl. =head1 AUTHORS Tim Bunce and Jeff Zucker. 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. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2002 Tim Bunce Ireland. See COPYRIGHT section in DBI.pm for usage and distribution rights. =cut