README for MQdb.pm

MQdb.pm is a base toolkit for working with relational databases in the context
of a federation of object databases. It provides some base federation support
and a variation on an Object-relational-mapped template model.
Currently it supports mysql, oracle, and sqlite.
In theory it can also be used as a base object class for federation
without using relational databases.

Refer to the pod for full documentation and an example script, 
or to the following mirrors:

1/ http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?MQdb
2/ http://search.cpan.org/~jms

copyright (c) 2006-2009 Jessica Severin

CONTACT POINT
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jessica.severin@gmail.com <Jessica Severin>
http://search.cpan.org/~jms

LICENSE
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* Software License Agreement (BSD License)
* MappedQueryDB [MQdb] system
* copyright (c) 2006-2009 Jessica Severin
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OVERVIEW
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MQdb.pm is a base toolkit for working with relational databases in the context
of a federation of object databases. It provides some base federation support
and a variation on other Object-relational-mapped template systems.

VERSION
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0.953 Friday   April 17, 2009
0.951 Thursday April 2, 2009

DOCUMENTATION
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The following documentation is available:
pod in perldoc format (type perldoc MQdb::... on command line)

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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***THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO IMPLEMENT MQdb MODULE IN PERL***

	1/ Systems with CPAN support (all Unix/Linux/BSD/Mac):
	-----------------------------------------------------
	Install the new distribution via the Perl CPAN module:
	In a shell:
	/home/somewhere% perl -MCPAN -e"install MQdb"

	2/ The hard way (requires make or nmake, tar, gunzip, and gcc):
	---------------------------------------------------------------
	This method was tested in Irix, FreeBSD, Cygwin, debian linux, and Mac OSX
	Hard-headed users can directly get the distribution from 
	First download the source.
	Then, in a shell:
	/home/somewhere% tar -xzvf MQdb-0.953.tar.gz
	cd MQdb-0.953
	make
	make install


KNOWN BUGS & ISSUES
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none at this time.

COMMENTS/FEEDBACK
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Please email your feedback, comments, questions to the email address at the top
of this document. I will do my best to answer promptly. 

Jessica Severin <jessica.severin@gmail.com>

