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Get it here! Perl DBD::Sybase 1.09.01 for Active State Perl 5.10 and 5.8 on...
Assuming that you installed Sybase OpenClient 15.5 from the 15.5 PC Client: Install ActiveState Perl from http://www.activestate.com (free) and install DBI if it isn’t already installed. It should be...
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Howto: Unable to start Catalyst web applications using the built in...
If you’re getting the “Can’t locate Catalyst/Engine/HTTP/Restarter.pm” error message, it is very likely you’re running a recent version of Catalyst: script/lolcatalyst_lite_server.pl -r Can't locate...
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Perl Books online
Modern Perl by chromatic (FREE ebook!) and The Perl Language Reference Manual (for Perl version 5.12.1)
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Run multiple versions of Perl from your home directory
Run multiple versions of Perl from your home directory using Perlbrew! One thing to know: Perl won’t compile if you have an encrypted home directory. Bug has been fixed but not exactly how and it...
View ArticleAudiobook chapter support for FFprobe (Perl) module
I have multiple audiobook files (m4b) that ffprobe is able to retrieve the chapters from just fine… except the chapter information is printed to stderr and never in the formatted (STDOUT) output. The...
View ArticlePerl Script to Convert an Audiobook (m4b) to mp3 files splitting on the chapters
I have an Nissan Altima with a BOSE radio that allows me to hook up an USB thumbdrive containing mp3 files. The problem is most of my audiobooks are in m4b format. Previously I’ve used tools like...
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Get it here! Perl DBD::Sybase 1.14.01 for Active State Perl 5.16 Windows...
Assuming that you installed Sybase SDK OpenClient 15.7. Sybase Openclient is included in the Sybase Developer’s Kit, and ASE PC Client. If you don’t have a license, you can download the ASE 15.7...
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HOWTO: Building Perl module DBD::Sybase 1.14 on Windows (32bit or 64bit) with...
Compiling the DBD::Sybase Perl module really requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or higher. To get started open the “Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt”. You will need to fix the Makefile.PL file: if (...
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A Free Online Perl Regular Expression (regex) tester!
David Oswald created a free online Perl regular expression tester. He describes it in detail over at Perlmonks.org If you’re like me and don’t everything about regular expressions because you’re...
View ArticlePerl and Flickr: Flickr::Simple2
I’m in the process of cleaning up Flickr::Simple2 and adding in support for oauth. There are several Perl modules providing oauth which I will test for ease of use and maintainability. Just an fyi at...
View Article“Why the perl community is no boy’s club” by tinita
If you haven’t read tinita‘s blog post, please do so. As males we often don’t see the harm we do when we are “just joking around” or “teasing” or whatever our justification is for making crude...
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Howto Perl: Crypt::CBC module with the blowfish encryption cipher
I came up with the following example a few years back. Crypt::CBC is quite easy to use but can be confusing to new users of it. I prefer to use the subroutines encrypt_hex and decrypt as the encoded...
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Social Reviewing for Perl Modules: PrePAN
PrePAN provides a place to discuss your Perl modules
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FW: Timm Murray’s Underappreciated Perl Modules Series: File::ShareDir
Problem: you have some kind of data that needs to be distributed with your Perl module. Where do you put it in a cross-platform way? Solution #1: Put it in a giant datastructure inside some module....
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FW: William Blunn’s DBIX::MULTIROW – UPDATING MULTIPLE DATABASE ROWS QUICKLY...
William Blunn wrote a good article on DBIx::MultiRow. A requirement arises in many systems to update multiple SQL database rows. For small numbers of rows requiring updates, it can be adequate to use...
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HowTo: Perl: split a file into multiple files based on the host name embedded...
Let’s assume you have a file that you need to split into multiple files based on the host name embedded as the first “column” of the file. For example, the two rows below would go into the file...
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Perl Regular Expression Cheatsheet
Regular Expressions (V1) Regular Expressions (V2) The second version of the Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet, a quick reference guide for regular expressions, including symbols, ranges, grouping,...
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HOWTO: Building Perl Module DBD::Sybase 1.15 for ActiveState Perl (Windows...
We no longer are tied to using Microsoft’s Visual C++ compiler for building Michael Peppler’s Perl Module DBD::Sybase 1.15 for ActiveState Perl (Windows 32bit)! We need to make a few changes to SAP...
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FW: A Faster Perl Runtime in Tiny Steps by Steffen Müller
Booking.com uses the Perl programming language heavily across its entire technical infrastructure. At the size of our infrastructure, even small performance improvements can translate into hefty...
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The Perl Data Language Book: PDF fixed to work with tablet/phone PDF readers...
Perl Data Language: Scientific computing with Perl Many PDF readers for smart phones (Android/iphone) and tablets manage the pdf files based solely on the Title and Author fields in the PDF file. While...
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