<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>A mSQL and perl Web Server Mini HOWTO: Conclusion and Outlook</TITLE> <LINK HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-4.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO.html#toc5" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> Next <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO.html#toc5">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s5">5. Conclusion and Outlook</A></H2> <P>If you have installed msql-2 on your system then you can have a look at the sample programs written in Lite, msql-2's own scripting language. <P>Either version of msql comes with a basic set of administration tools which allow the user to create and drop tables (<CODE>msqladmin</CODE>) and examine database structures (<CODE>relshow</CODE>). <P>The second generation msql (i.e. msql-2) has a few more genuinely useful utilities: <CODE>msqlimport</CODE> and <CODE>msqlexport</CODE>. These allow the dumping of flat line data files into and out of the SQL database. They can be used for loading quantities of existing data <EM>d'un coup</EM> into existing tables, or extract flat data from tables, and the user does not have to deal with writing a <EM>single</EM> line of perl or SQL or whatever code for this task. <P>If you want to write your own perl scripts dealing with databases you'll find sufficient support in the example files and the extensive on-line documentation that comes with the DBI module. <P>Anyway, you are now ready to go and present your data to the users of your own network, or even the WWW. <HR> Next <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="WWW-mSQL-HOWTO.html#toc5">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>