NAME
    SQLite::Work - report on and update an SQLite database.

SYNOPSIS
        use SQLite::Work;

        my $rep = SQLite::Work->new(%new_args);

        if ($rep->do_connect())
        {
            if ($simple_report)
            {
                $rep->do_report(%report_args);
            }
            elsif ($multi_page_report)
            {
                $rep->do_multi_page_report(%report_args);
            }
            elsif ($split_report)
            {
                $rep->do_split_report(%report_args);
            }
            $rep->do_disconnect();
        }

DESCRIPTION
    SQLite::Work is a perl module for interfacing with an SQLite database.
    It can be used to:

    *   generate *nice* HTML (and non-HTML) reports, which

        *   have nested headers

        *   have grouped data which clusters under the headers

        *   can be sorted on multiple columns

        *   can be customized with templates (both headers and body) which
            include some simple formatting for column values, for example:

                simple HTMLize
                titles (Title,The becomes The Title)
                names (Nurk,Fred becomes Fred Nurk)
                month names
                truncation

            (see Text::NeatTemplate)

        *   one can select the columns and their order even if one isn't
            using templates

        *   default templates can be selected which present the data in
            tables, in paragraphs (Column:Value) or in lists.

        *   can be split into multiple HTML pages, with automatic index-page
            generation; the split can be on the values of a given column,
            and/or by number of rows

    *   use a generic search CGI script ("show.cgi" using SQLite::Work::CGI)
        which

        *   can search on all the fields in a table without having to
            hardcode the column names (it just gets them from the table
            information)

        *   uses most of the power of the report engine to give *nice*
            search results

    *   update the database with a CGI script ("edit.cgi" using
        SQLite::Work::CGI)

    *   be able to mail reports to general addresses (such as a mailing
        list) or to specific addresses (such as sending notifications to
        individuals whose address is in the database). (using the sqlw_mail
        script)

    This generates HTML (and non-HTML) reports from an SQLite database,
    taking care of the query-building and the report formatting. This also
    has methods for adding and updating the database.

    The SQLite::Work::CGI module has extra methods which deal with CGI using
    the CGI module; the included "show.cgi" and "edit.cgi" are demonstration
    CGI scripts which use the SQLite::Work::CGI module. There is also the
    "show.epl" demonstration Embperl script which has the necessary
    alterations for using this with Embperl.

    The sqlreport script uses SQLite::Work to generate reports from the
    command-line.

    The sqlw_mail script uses SQLite::Work::Mail to email reports.

  Limitations
    This only deals with single tables and views, and simple one-field,
    two-table joins. More complex joins should be dealt with by making a
    view.

    This only deals with one database at a time.

REQUIRES
        DBI
        DBD::SQLite
        POSIX

        Test::More

        The CGI module requires:

        CGI

        Scripts require:

        Getopt::Long
        Pod::Usage
        Getopt::ArgvFile

INSTALLATION
    To install this module, run the following commands:

        perl Build.PL
        ./Build
        ./Build test
        ./Build install

    Or, if you're on a platform (like DOS or Windows) that doesn't like the
    "./" notation, you can do this:

       perl Build.PL
       perl Build
       perl Build test
       perl Build install

    In order to install somewhere other than the default, such as in a
    directory under your home directory, like "/home/fred/perl" go

       perl Build.PL --install_base /home/fred/perl

    as the first step instead.

    This will install the files underneath /home/fred/perl.

    You will then need to make sure that you alter the PERL5LIB variable to
    find the modules, and the PATH variable to find the script.

    Therefore you will need to change: your path, to include
    /home/fred/perl/script (where the script will be)

            PATH=/home/fred/perl/script:${PATH}

    the PERL5LIB variable to add /home/fred/perl/lib

            PERL5LIB=/home/fred/perl/lib:${PERL5LIB}

SEE ALSO
    perl(1). DBI DBD::SQLite

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to the author.

AUTHOR
        Kathryn Andersen (RUBYKAT)
        perlkat AT katspace dot com
        http://www.katspace.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
    Copyright (c) 2005 by Kathryn Andersen

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

