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[32518]1###########################################################################
2#
3# GreenstoneXMLPlugout.pm -- the plugout module for Greenstone Archives
4# A component of the Greenstone digital library software
5# from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
6# University of Waikato, New Zealand.
7#
8# Copyright (C) 2006 New Zealand Digital Library Project
9#
10# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13# (at your option) any later version.
14#
15# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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17# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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19#
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22# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
23#
24###########################################################################
25
26package MySQLPlugout;
27
28use strict;
29no strict 'refs';
30no strict 'subs';
31
32use util;
33use FileUtils;
[32520]34use GreenstoneXMLPlugout;
[32518]35use docprint;
36
37use IPC::Open2;
38use POSIX ":sys_wait_h"; # for waitpid, http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/waitpid.html
39
[32521]40# TODO: SIGTERM rollback and disconnect?
41
42
[32518]43# this plugout does not output xml to a file, but outputs rows into a mysql table
44sub BEGIN {
45 @MySQLPlugout::ISA = ('GreenstoneXMLPlugout');
46}
47
[32520]48
49# TODO: deal with -removeold and everything? Or type out instructions for user
50
[32518]51# TODO Q: what is "group" in GreenstoneXMLPlugout?
[32520]52# TODO Q: site_name only exists for GS3. What about GS2?
[32518]53
54my $process_mode_list =
55 [ { 'name' => "meta_only",
56 'desc' => "{MySQLPlugout.process_mode.meta_only}" },
57 { 'name' => "text_only",
58 'desc' => "{MySQLPlugout.process_mode.text_only}" },
59 { 'name' => "all",
60 'desc' => "{MySQLPlugout.process_mode.all}" } ];
61
62my $arguments = [
63 { 'name' => "process_mode",
64 'desc' => "{MySQLPlugout.process_mode}",
65 'type' => "enum",
66 'list' => $process_mode_list,
67 'deft' => "all",
68 'reqd' => "no",
69 'hiddengli' => "no"} ];
70
71my $options = { 'name' => "MySQLPlugout",
72 'desc' => "{MySQLPlugout.desc}",
73 'abstract' => "no",
74 'inherits' => "yes",
75 'args' => $arguments };
76
77sub new {
78 my ($class) = shift (@_);
79 my ($plugoutlist, $inputargs,$hashArgOptLists) = @_;
80 push(@$plugoutlist, $class);
81
82 push(@{$hashArgOptLists->{"ArgList"}},@{$arguments});
83 push(@{$hashArgOptLists->{"OptList"}},$options);
84
85 my $self = new GreenstoneXMLPlugout($plugoutlist,$inputargs,$hashArgOptLists);
86
87 if ($self->{'info_only'}) {
88 # don't worry about any options etc
89 return bless $self, $class;
90 }
91 print STDERR "***** MySQLPlugout process mode = \"", $self->{'process_mode'}, "\"\n";
92
93 return bless $self, $class;
94}
95
[32520]96# connect here and ensure all tables and databases exist
97sub begin {
98
99 my $self= shift (@_);
100
101 ########### TODO: these should be set from cmdline/GLI options to plugout #########
102 $self->{'db_driver'} = "mysql";
103 $self->{'site_name'} = "localsite";
[32521]104 $self->{'db_client_user'} = "root";
105 $self->{'db_client_pwd'} = "6reenstone3";
[32520]106 #$self->{'db_host'} = "127.0.0.1";
107 #$self->{'db_encoding'} = "utf8";
[32521]108 #TODO: proc_mode is also a saveas option
[32520]109
110 ############ LOAD NECESSARY OPTIONS ###########
111 print STDERR "########## COLLECTION: ". $ENV{'GSDLCOLLECTION'}."\n";
112 $self->{'collection_name'} = $ENV{'GSDLCOLLECTION'};
113
114 if(!$self->connect_to_db()) {
115 # This is fatal for the plugout, let's terminate here
116 # PrintError would already have displayed the warning message on connection fail
117 die("Could not connect to db. Can't proceed.\n");
118 }
119 if(!$self->load_db_and_tables()) {
120 # This is fatal for the plugout, let's terminate here
121 # PrintError would already have displayed the warning message on connection fail
122 die("Could not use db or prepare its tables. Can't proceed.\n");
123 }
124
125 # prepare the shared/common HANDLES to SQL insert statements that contain placeholders
[32521]126 # and which we will reuse repeatedly when actually executing the insert statements
[32520]127 my $proc_mode = $self->{'process_mode'};
128 if($proc_mode eq "all" || $proc_mode eq "meta_only" ) {
129 $self->{'metadata_prepared_insert_statement_handle'} = $self->prepare_insert_metadata_row_stmthandle();
130 }
131 if($proc_mode eq "all" || $proc_mode eq "text_only" ) {
132 $self->{'fulltxt_prepared_insert_statement_handle'} = $self->prepare_insert_fulltxt_row_stmthandle();
133 }
[32521]134
135 # if setting up to work with sql db failed, we'd have terminated and wouldn't come up to here:
136 # won't bother preparing GreenstoneXMLPlugout by calling superclass' begin()
137 # finally, can call begin on super - important as doc.xml is opened as a group etc
138
139 if($proc_mode ne "all") { # TODO Q
140 $self->GreenstoneXMLPlugout::begin(@_);
141 }
[32520]142}
143
144# disconnect from database here, see inexport.pm
145sub end
146{
147 my $self = shift(@_);
148
[32521]149 # do the superclass stuff first, as any sql db failures should not prevent superclass cleanup
150
151 if($self->{'process_mode'} ne "all") {# TODO Q
152 $self->GreenstoneXMLPlugout::end(@_);
153 }
154
155 $self->disconnect_from_db() || warn("Unable to disconnect from database " . $self->{'site_name'} . "\n"); # disconnect_from_db() will also issue a warning, but this may be clearer
[32520]156}
[32521]157
158sub close_group_output {
159 my $self = shift (@_);
[32520]160
[32522]161 if($self->{'process_mode'} ne "all") { # TODO Q
[32521]162 $self->GreenstoneXMLPlugout::close_group_output();
163 }
164}
165
[32518]166# TODO: check arc-inf.db for whether each entry is to be deleted/indexed/reindexed/been indexed
167sub saveas {
168 my $self = shift (@_);
169 my ($doc_obj, $doc_dir) = @_;
170
[32522]171 my $proc_mode = $self->{'process_mode'};
172
[32521]173 # 1. pre save out and saving debug handle
[32522]174 my ($docxml_outhandler, $output_file);
[32521]175 if($proc_mode ne "all") { # TODO Q
[32522]176 ($docxml_outhandler, $output_file) = $self->GreenstoneXMLPlugout::pre_saveas(@_);
[32521]177
178 $self->{'debug_outhandle'} = $docxml_outhandler if ($self->{'debug'}); # STDOUT if debug
179 }
180 elsif ($self->{'debug'}) { # if we didn't call superclass::pre_saveas, then set debug handle
181 $self->{'debug_outhandle'} = STDOUT; # superclass also debugs to STDOUT
182 # TODO: also set debugging in begin()? Then stmts creating db and tables also sent to debug out and not executed
183 }
[32520]184
[32521]185
186 # 2. overriding saving behaviour to do what the superclass does PLUS saving to sql db
[32518]187
[32522]188 if($proc_mode ne "all" ) { # if all, then nothing to go into doc.xml, otherwise:
189
[32521]190 # write the INVERSE into doc.xml as to what is written to the db
191
192 my $docxml_output_options = { 'output' => docprint::OUTPUT_NONE }; # TODO Q
193
194 if($proc_mode eq "meta_only" ) { # since only meta to go into MySQL db, text will go into docxml
195 $docxml_output_options->{'output'} = docprint::OUTPUT_TEXT_ONLY;
196 } elsif($proc_mode eq "text_only" ) { # since only full text to go into MySQL db, meta will go into docxml
197 $docxml_output_options->{'output'} = docprint::OUTPUT_META_ONLY;
198 }
[32520]199
[32521]200 # now we've prepared to write out whatever is meant to go into docxml
201 # and can do actual the steps superclass GreenstoneXMLPlugout carries out to write out docxml
202 # So: write out the doc xml file for the current document
203 my $section_text = &docprint::get_section_xml($doc_obj, $docxml_output_options);
204 print $docxml_outhandler $section_text;
[32518]205 }
[32521]206
[32518]207 # We also write out whatever needs to go into the MySQL database
208 $self->write_meta_and_text($doc_obj);
209
[32520]210
[32521]211 # 3. post save out
212 if($proc_mode ne "all" ) { # TODO Q
213 #$self->GreenstoneXMLPlugout::post_saveas(@_);
214 $self->GreenstoneXMLPlugout::post_saveas($doc_obj, $doc_dir, $docxml_outhandler, $output_file);
215 }
216
217 # database connection is closed in end() method
218 # so we don't open and close over and over for each doc during a single build
[32518]219}
220
221
[32520]222# write meta and/or text PER DOC out to DB
[32518]223sub write_meta_and_text {
224 my $self = shift (@_);
225 my ($doc_obj) = @_;
226 my $root_section = $doc_obj->get_top_section();
[32520]227 my $doc_oid = $doc_obj->get_OID(); # we're processing a single doc at a time, so single OID
[32518]228
[32520]229 # load the prepared INSERT statement handles for both tables (can be undef for any table depending on whether meta_only or txt_only are set)
230 my $metadata_table_sth = $self->{'metadata_prepared_insert_statement_handle'};
231 my $fulltxt_table_sth = $self->{'fulltxt_prepared_insert_statement_handle'};
[32518]232
[32520]233 $self->recursive_write_meta_and_text($doc_obj, $root_section, $metadata_table_sth, $fulltxt_table_sth);
[32521]234}
[32518]235
236# Perl: Reading or Writing to Another Program
237# https://nnc3.com/mags/Perl3/cookbook/ch16_05.htm
238sub recursive_write_meta_and_text {
[32520]239 my $self = shift (@_);
240 my ($doc_obj, $doc_oid, $section, $metadata_table_sth, $fulltxt_table_sth) = @_;
241
242 # If section=ROOT, write "root" as section name into table
243 # doc->get_top_section() is the name of the doc root section, which is ""
244 my $section_name = ($section eq "") ? "root" : $section;
[32518]245
246 my $section_ptr = $doc_obj->_lookup_section ($section);
247 return "" unless defined $section_ptr;
248
[32520]249 my $debug_out = $self->{'debug_outhandle'};
250
251 #my $proc_mode = $self->{'process_mode'};
252 #if($proc_mode eq "all" || $proc_mode eq "meta_only" ) {
253 if($metadata_table_sth) { # meta insert statement handle will be undef if not writing meta
254
255 foreach my $data (@{$section_ptr->{'metadata'}}) {
256 my $meta_name = $data->[0];
257 my $escaped_meta_value = &escape_text($data->[1]);
[32518]258
[32520]259 # Write out the current section's meta to collection db's METADATA table
260
261 # for each set of values to write to meta table, execute the prepared statement, filling in the values
262
263 if($self->{'debug'}) {
264 # just print the statement we were going to execute
265
266 print $debug_out $metadata_table_sth->Statement . "($doc_oid, $section_name, $meta_name, $escaped_meta_value)\n";
267 }
268 else {
269
270 $metadata_table_sth->execute($doc_oid, $section_name, $meta_name, $escaped_meta_value);
271 #|| warn ("Unable to write metadata row to db:\n\tOID $doc_oid, section $section_name,\n\tmeta name: $meta_name, val: $escaped_meta_value");
272 # Execution failure will print out info anyway: since db connection sets PrintError
273 }
[32518]274 }
275 }
[32520]276
277 #if($proc_mode eq "all" || $proc_mode eq "text_only" ) {
278 if($fulltxt_table_sth) { # fulltxt insert statement handle will be undef if not writing fulltxt
279
280 if($self->{'debug'}) {
281 # just print the statement we were going to execute, minus the fulltxt value
282 my $txt_repr = $section_ptr->{'text'} ? "<TXT>" : "NULL";
283 print $debug_out $fulltxt_table_sth->Statement . "($doc_oid, $section_name, $txt_repr)\n";
284 } else {
285 my $section_text = &escape_text($section_ptr->{'text'});
286
287 # fulltxt column can be SQL NULL. undef value gets written out as NULL:
288 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12708633/which-one-represents-null-undef-or-empty-string
289
290 # Write out the current section's text to collection db's FULLTeXT table
291 $fulltxt_table_sth->execute($doc_oid, $section_name, $section_text);
292 #|| warn ("Unable to write fulltxt row to db for row:\n\tOID $doc_oid, section $section_name");
293 # Execution failure will print out info anyway: since db connection sets PrintError
294 }
[32518]295 }
296
297 # output all subsections: RECURSIVE CALL
298 foreach my $subsection (@{$section_ptr->{'subsection_order'}}) {
[32520]299 &recursive_write_meta_and_text($doc_obj, $doc_oid, "$section.$subsection", $metadata_table_sth, $fulltxt_table_sth);
[32518]300 }
301}
302
303#################################
304
305# Database access related functions
306# http://g2pc1.bu.edu/~qzpeng/manual/MySQL%20Commands.htm
307# https://www.guru99.com/insert-into.html
308
309# TODO Q: What on cancelling a build: delete table? But what if it was a rebuild and the rebuild is cancelled (not the original build)?
310# Do we create a copy of the orig database as backup, then start populating current db, and if cancelled, delete current db and RENAME backup table to current?
311# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3280006/duplicating-a-mysql-table-indexes-and-data
312# BUT what if the table is HUGE? (Think of a collection with millions of docs.) Huge overhead in copying?
313# The alternative is we just quit on cancel, but then: cancel could leave the table in a partial committed state, with no way of rolling back.
[32520]314# Unless they do a full rebuild, which will recreate the table from scratch?
315# SOLUTION-> rollback transaction on error, see https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/2010/07/set-custom-dbi-error-handlers/
[32521]316# But then should set AutoCommit to off on connection, and remember to commit every time
[32518]317
318#################
[32520]319# Database functions that use the perl DBI module (with the DBD driver module for mysql)
320#################
[32518]321
[32520]322# THE NEW DB FUNCTIONS
323# NOTE: FULLTEXT is a reserved keyword in (My)SQL. So we can't name a table or any of its columns "fulltext".
324# https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/keywords.html
325
326# TODO: Consider AutoCommit status (and Autocommit off allowing commit or rollback for GS coll build cancel) later
327
328sub connect_to_db {
329 my $self= shift (@_);
330
331 my $db_driver = $self->{'db_driver'};
[32521]332 my $db_user = $self->{'db_client_user'} || "root";
333 my $db_pwd = $self->{'db_client_pwd'};
[32520]334 my $db_host = $self->{'db_host'} || "127.0.0.1";
335 my $db_enc = $self->{'db_encoding'} || "utf8";
336
337 #my $db_name = $self->{'site_name'};
338
339 # try connecting to the mysql db, if that fails it will die
340 # so don't bother preparing GreenstoneXMLPlugout by calling superclass' begin()
341
342 # localhost doesn't work for us, but 127.0.0.1 works
343 # https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::mysql
344 # "The hostname, if not specified or specified as '' or 'localhost', will default to a MySQL server
345 # running on the local machine using the default for the UNIX socket. To connect to a MySQL server
346 # on the local machine via TCP, you must specify the loopback IP address (127.0.0.1) as the host."
347 #my $connect_str = "dbi:$db_driver:database=$db_name;host=$db_host";
348 my $connect_str = "dbi:$db_driver:host=$db_host"; # don't provide db, so we can check the db is there
349 my $dbh = DBI->connect("$connect_str", $db_user, $db_pwd,
350 {
351 ShowErrorStatement => 1, # more informative as DBI will append failed SQL stmt to error message
352 PrintError => 1, # on by default, but being explicit
353 RaiseError => 0, # off by default, but being explicit
354 AutoCommit => 1, # on by default, but being explicit
355 });
356
357 if(!$dbh) {
358 # NOTE, despite handle dbh being undefined, error code will be in DBI->err
359 return 0;
360 }
361
362 # set encoding https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::mysql
363 # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/charset.html
364 # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/charset-conversion.html
365 # Setting the encoding at db server level.
366 # Not sure if this command is mysql specific:
367 my $stmt = "set NAMES '" . $db_enc . "'";
368 $dbh->do($stmt) || warn("Unable to set charset encoding at db server level to: " . $db_enc . "\n");
369
370 # if we're here, then connection succeeded, store handle
371 $self->{'db_handle'} = $dbh;
372 return 1;
373}
374
375sub load_db_and_tables {
376 my $self= shift (@_);
377 my $db_name = $self->{'site_name'}; # one database per GS3 site
378 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
379
380 # perl DBI switch database: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=995434
381 # do() returns undef on error.
382 # connection succeeded, try to load our database. If that didn't work, attempt to create db
383 my $success = $dbh->do("use $db_name");
384
385 if(!$success && $dbh->err == 1049) { # "Unknown database" error has code 1049 (mysql only?) meaning db doesn't exist yet
386 # attempt to create the db and its tables
387 $self->create_db($db_name) || return 0;
388
389 # once more attempt to use db, now that it exists
390 $dbh->do("use $db_name") || return 0;
391 #$dbh->do("use localsite") or die "Error (code" . $dbh->err ."): " . $dbh->errstr . "\n";
392
393 # attempt to create tables in current db
394 $self->create_metadata_table() || return 0;
395 $self->create_fulltext_table() || return 0;
396
397 $success = 1;
398 }
399 elsif($success) { # database existed and loaded successfully, but
400 # before proceeding check that the current collection's tables exist
401
402 # attempt to create tables in current db
403 if(!$self->table_exists($self->{'collection_name'} . "metadata")) {
404 $self->create_metadata_table() || return 0;
405 }
406 if(!$self->table_exists($self->{'collection_name'} . "fulltxt")) {
407 $self->create_fulltext_table() || return 0;
408 }
409 }
410
411 return $success; # could still return 0, if database failed to load with an error code != 1049
412}
413
414# disconnect from db - https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI#disconnect
415# TODO: make sure to have committed or rolled back before disconnect
416# and that you've call finish() on statement handles if any fetch remnants remain
417sub disconnect_from_db {
418 my $self= shift (@_);
419 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
420
421 # make sure any active stmt handles are finished
422 # NO: "When all the data has been fetched from a SELECT statement, the driver will automatically call finish for you. So you should not call it explicitly except when you know that you've not fetched all the data from a statement handle and the handle won't be destroyed soon."
423
424 #$meta_sth = $self->{'metadata_prepared_insert_statement_handle'};
425 #$txt_sth = $self->{'fulltxt_prepared_insert_statement_handle'};
426 #$meta_sth->finish() if($meta_sth);
427 #$txt_sth->finish() if($txt_sth);
428
429 my $rc = $dbh->disconnect or warn $dbh->errstr; # The handle is of little use after disconnecting. Possibly PrintError already prints a warning and this duplicates it?
430 return $rc;
431}
432
433sub create_db {
434 my $self= shift (@_);
435 my $db_name = $self->{'site_name'};
436 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
437
438 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5025768/how-can-i-create-a-mysql-database-from-a-perl-script
439 return $dbh->do("create database $db_name"); # do() will return undef on fail, https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI#do
440}
441
442sub create_metadata_table {
443 my $self= shift (@_);
444 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
445
446 my $table_name = $self->{'collection_name'} . "metadata";
447
448 # If using an auto incremented primary key:
449 my $stmt = "CREATE TABLE $table_name (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, did VARCHAR(63) NOT NULL, sid VARCHAR(63) NOT NULL, metaname VARCHAR(127) NOT NULL, metavalue VARCHAR(1023) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(id));";
450 return $dbh->do($stmt);
451}
452
453# TODO: Investigate: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/search/?d=10&p=1&q=FULLTEXT
454# 12.9.1 Natural Language Full-Text Searches
455# to see whether we have to index the 'fulltxt' column of the 'fulltext' tables
456# or let user edit this file, or add it as another option
457sub create_fulltext_table {
458 my $self= shift (@_);
459 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
460
461 my $table_name = $self->{'collection_name'} . "fulltxt";
462
463 # If using an auto incremented primary key:
464 my $stmt = "CREATE TABLE $table_name (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, did VARCHAR(63) NOT NULL, sid VARCHAR(63) NOT NULL, fulltxt LONGTEXT, PRIMARY KEY(id));";
465 return $dbh->do($stmt);
466
467}
468
469
470# USEFUL: https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI
471# "Many methods have an optional \%attr parameter which can be used to pass information to the driver implementing the method. Except where specifically documented, the \%attr parameter can only be used to pass driver specific hints. In general, you can ignore \%attr parameters or pass it as undef."
472
473
474# https://www.guru99.com/insert-into.html
475# and https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/example-auto-increment.html
476# for inserting multiple rows at once
477# https://www.perlmonks.org/bare/?node_id=316183
478# https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI#do
479# https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-prepare-and-do-statements-in-Perl-while-we-make-a-connection-to-the-database-for-executing-the-query
480# https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/linux/dbi/ch05_05.htm
481
482# https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI#performance
483# 'The q{...} style quoting used in this example avoids clashing with quotes that may be used in the SQL statement. Use the double-quote like qq{...} operator if you want to interpolate variables into the string. See "Quote and Quote-like Operators" in perlop for more details.'
484sub prepare_insert_metadata_row_stmthandle {
485 my $self = shift (@_);
486 my ($did, $sid, $metaname, $metavalue) = @_;
487 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
488
489 my $tablename = $self->{'colname'}."_metadata";
490
491 #my $stmt = "INSERT INTO $tablename (did, sid, metaname, metavalue) VALUES ('$did', '$sid', '$metaname', '$metavalue');"; # ?, ?, ?, ?
492
493 # using qq{} since we want $tablename placeholder to be filled in
494 # returns Statement Handle object!
495 my $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{INSERT INTO $tablename (did, sid, metaname, metavalue) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)"}) || warn("Could not prepare insert statement for metadata table\n");
496
497 return $sth;
498}
499
500sub prepare_insert_fulltxt_row_stmthandle {
501 my $self = shift (@_);
502 my ($did, $sid, $fulltext) = @_;
503 my $dbh = $self->{'db_handle'};
504
505 my $tablename = $self->{'colname'}."_fulltxt";
506
507 #my $stmt = "INSERT INTO $tablename (did, sid, fulltxt) VALUES ('$did', '$sid', '$fulltext');"; ?, ?, ?
508
509 # using qq{} since we want $tablename placeholder to be filled in
510 # returns Statement Handle object!
511 my $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{INSERT INTO $tablename (did, sid, fulltxt) VALUES (?, ?, ?)"}) || warn("Could not prepare insert statement for fulltxt table\n");
512
513 return $sth;
514}
515
516# I can get my version of table_exists to work, but it's not so ideal
517# Interesting that MySQL has non-standard command to CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS and DROP TABLE IF EXISTS,
518# see https://www.perlmonks.org/bare/?node=DBI%20Recipes
519# The page further has a table_exists function that could work with proper comparison
520# Couldn't get the first solution at https://www.perlmonks.org/bare/?node_id=500050 to work though
521sub table_exists {
522 my ($dbh,$table_name) = @_;
523
524 my @table_list = $dbh->tables;
525 #my $tables_str = @table_list[0];
526 foreach my $table (@table_list) {
527 return 1 if ($table =~ m/$table_name/);
528 }
529 return 0;
530}
531
[32518]5321;
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