Perl DBI without accessing the database

Question

I\'m creating a set of SQL INSERT statements for a database that doesn\'t exist yet, and I\'m saving them to file.

How can I use Perl\'s powerful DBI m

Answer 1

Usually you would use DBI by specifying a database like so:

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$db_name;host=127.0.0.1");

However, your database does not yet exist so you cannot connect to it. You can use DBI without specifying a database like so:

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:;host=127.0.0.1");