README FILE FOR MODULES SQL::Statement and SQL::Parser These modules can be used stand-alone to parse SQL statements or used with DBI and DBD::CSV, DBD::AnyData or other drivers to create, modify, and query data in many kinds of formats including XML, CSV, Fixed Length, Excel Spreadsheets and many others. WHO NEEDS IT? If you use the DBI drivers for flatfiles, Excel spreadsheets, or formats such as XML via the CSV, AnyData, or Excel DBDs, this distribution will greatly expand the range of supported SQL, as well as provide support for text-like numbers and alphabetic comparisons previously missing in those drivers. Some of the features included in this release are partial support for multi-table joins, for set and string functions, for numeric expressions, for the IN and BETWEEN predicates and much more. HOW DO I INSTALL IT? If you are familiar with the standard make/nmake procedures, simply do as always: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install You may also use nmake or dmake on windows. Since the modules are pure perl, you may also simply copy the enclosed SQL directory into your lib directory (either your main site/lib or a private area). WHAT ELSE DO I NEED? to parse SQL statements: perl to create, query, & modify databases perl DBI DBD::CSV or DBD::AnyData or other DBDs that subclass SQL::Statement WHERE DO I FIND OUT MORE? If you are using it via one of the DBD drivers, see the help documentation for that driver. If you are subclassing the moduels, there are extensive help documents included with the modules. Use perldoc or pod2html or simply read the POD section of the .pm files. For further questions, write to the the dbi-users@perl.org listserv or try www.perlmonks.org. WHO DUNNIT? The original XS versions of the modules were written by Jochen Wiedmann. The current, pure perl versions were rewritten (mostly from the ground up) by Jeff Zucker . Both versions are currently maintained by Jens Rehsack .