NAME DBD::pNET - Perl network database driver for the DBI module pNETagent - DBI proxy server SYNOPSIS use DBI; $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:pNET:hostname=$host:port=$port:dsn=$db", $user, $passwd); # See the DBI module documentation for full details pNETagent --port [other options] DESCRIPTION DBD::pNET is a Perl module for connecting to a database via a remote DBI driver. This is of course not needed for DBI drivers which already support connecting to a remote database, but there are DBI drivers which work with local databases only, for example DBD::ODBC. pNETagent is the DBI proxy server usually running on the same machine than the DBMS. It may run on other machines, if the DBMS itself supports access over the network. This can be useful in a firewalled environment. pNETagent supports security features like host and user based authorization, encryption and query restrictions: You can create a set of queries that the client may execute and restrict access to these. Again, this is of special importance in a firewalled environment. REQUIREMENTS DBD::pNET is based on the pRPC-modules (Perl RPC) a package for aiding the development of Perl based client/server applications. You find the this module on any CPAN mirror, for example ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/JWIED pRPC is in turn is based on the "Storable" module. This is available from CPAN too, see ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/RAP SEE ALSO the DBD::pNET(3) manpage, the pNETagent(1) manpage, the DBI(3) manpage, the RPC::pClient(3) manpage, the IO::Serialize(3) manpage AUTHOR Jochen Wiedmann Am Eisteich 9 72555 Metzingen Germany Email: wiedmann@neckar-alb.de Phone: +49 7123 14881 COPYRIGHT The DBD::pNET module is Copyright (c) 1997 Jochen Wiedmann. Parts of the sources are based on the DBD::Oracle module. The DBD::Oracle module is Copyright (c) 1995,1996,1997 Tim Bunce. England. The DBD::pNET module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, with the exception that it cannot be placed on a CD-ROM or similar media for commercial distribution without the prior approval of the author. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS See also the "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" entry in the DBI manpage.