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#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
# ^NOTE --- I had to change the perl path on sorrel above
# so this would work!!!
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# lab12_table_setup.pl
#
# quick'n'sleazy table setup for the Week 12 Lab
# Exercise and HW #10 -
# creates the book reviewer tables.
#
# by Sharon Tuttle
#
# last modified: 11-09-04
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use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser warningsToBrowser carpout);
use DBI;
warningsToBrowser(1); # activate warnings
# PRINT a form for user to react to
print header, "\n";
print start_html(-title=>'book review setup'), "\n";
print h1('book review setup'), "\n";
print start_form, "\n",
br, br, "\n",
"Oracle username: \n",
textfield(-name=>'oracle_username',
-size=>15,
-maxlength=>15), "\n",
br, br, "\n",
"Oracle password: \n",
password_field(-name=>'oracle_password',
-size=>10,
-maxlength=>10), "\n",
br, br, "\n",
submit(-value=>'Create/Recreate tables'), "\n",
endform, "\n";
print hr, "\n";
# if user has hit submit, try to connect to the database and
# show the specified table's contents
if (param())
{
# set environment variables needed for Oracle database
# software
$ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'} = '/apps1/oracle/product/9iAS/';
$ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} = '/apps1/oracle/product/9iAS/lib';
# try to connect to database named student reachable with the
# above environment informaton, for the account username and
# account password given, for an Oracle database
# (and remember --- what you connect, REMEMBER TO DISCONNECT!!!
my $username = param('oracle_username')
or die "Must enter an Oracle username!\n";
my $password = param('oracle_password')
or die "Must enter an Oracle password!\n";
my $db_handle = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:student',
"$username", "$password")
|| die "Database connection not made: $DBI::errstr";
# try to drop and create the book review scenario
# tables
# this will fail the first time --- we DON'T want
# the script to die. BUT you may see warnings.
$db_handle->do("drop table book cascade constraints");
$db_handle->do("create table book
(book_id char(5),
book_author_lname varchar2(20),
book_title varchar2(50),
book_type varchar2(15),
primary key (book_id))");
$db_handle->do("drop table reviewer cascade constraints");
$db_handle->do("create table reviewer
(reviewer_id char(3),
reviewer_lname varchar2(20),
reviewer_email varchar2(30),
primary key (reviewer_id))");
$db_handle->do("drop table review cascade constraints");
$db_handle->do("create table review
(review_id char(4),
book_id char(5),
reviewer_id char(3),
review_date date,
review_rating int check(review_rating
between 1 and 5),
review_text varchar2(30),
primary key (review_id),
foreign key (book_id) references book,
foreign key (reviewer_id) references reviewer)");
# let's show the names of the tables now in their database
my $stmt_handle = $db_handle->prepare( 'select table_name
from user_tables' )
or die $db_handle->errstr . "\n";
$stmt_handle->execute();
my $next_tbl;
print hr, "\n";
while ($next_tbl = $stmt_handle->fetchrow_array())
{
print "$next_tbl", br, "\n";
}
$stmt_handle->finish;
print hr, "\n";
# DON'T FORGET THIS! Not only is it POOR STYLE to do so, but
# could cause REAL Oracle performance problems if you leave
# it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$db_handle->disconnect;
}
print end_html, "\n";
# end of lab12_table_setup.pl