On 8/1/06, Norman Dunbar <norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Now, on the subject of books, your one on Perl for the Oracle DBA is quite good (!) too,
Thanks!
You Wrote or Inherited, for the Oracle DBA' ? I don't do much Perl, I admit, but I do find it easier to write (provided I have an idiot's guide handy) than to read afterwards.
One of the most important things you can learn with Perl is understanding the variable types, and how complex examples of them work.
Like C, Perl can have some rather complex data structures.
From the command line, the following offer some good intros to data structures:
perldoc perldsc perldoc perlreftut
perldoc perltoc - the doc TOC
Then when you see something like "my @custAddr @{$addrHash->{$custID}}"
you will know how it works.Syntax, control structures, etc are all fairly simple, and a glance at the docs will refresh you memory when you forget.
I also find it helpful to construct short test scripts (1-10 lines usually ) to emulate something I find in a script (sometimes my own :) that I don't quite understand.
Regular expressions: simple ones are easy. Complex ones are hopefully commented.
-- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
