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An easily extensible DBI shell, perfect for a drop-in replacement to mysql-client

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=head1 NAME

App::AltSQL - A drop in replacement to the MySQL prompt with a pluggable Perl interface

=head1 SYNOPSIS

./altsql -h -u -D -p

altsql> select * from film limit 4; ╒═════════╤══════════════════╤════════════════════════════ │ film_id │ title │ description
╞═════════╪══════════════════╪════════════════════════════ │ 1 │ ACADEMY DINOSAUR │ A Epic Drama of a Feminist │ 2 │ ACE GOLDFINGER │ A Astounding Epistle of a D │ 3 │ ADAPTATION HOLES │ A Astounding Reflection of │ 4 │ AFFAIR PREJUDICE │ A Fanciful Documentary of a ╘═════════╧══════════════════╧════════════════════════════ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

=head1 DESCRIPTION

AltSQL is a way to improve your user experience with C, C, C and other tools that Perl has L<DBI> drivers for. Currently written for MySQL only, the long term goal of this project is to provide users of the various SQL-based databases with a familiar command line interface but with modern improvements such as color, unicode box tables, and tweaks to the user interface that are fast and easy to prototype and experiment with.

=head1 INSTALLATION

It's best to use CPAN or L<cpanm|App::cpanminus> to install this application. Should be as simple as:

$ sudo cpanm App::AltSQL

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012 Eric Waters and Shutterstock Images (http://shutterstock.com). All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

=head1 AUTHOR

Eric Waters [email protected]

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