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Re: Database project in PERL

by ww (Archbishop)
on Jan 12, 2012 at 18:59 UTC ( [id://947603]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Database project in PERL

"graduate student" in what discipline?

That info might help us make relevant suggestions.

But, enough. What field?

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Re^2: Database project in PERL
by Thakur (Acolyte) on Jan 12, 2012 at 19:10 UTC

    I am doing masters in computer science. I have just started learning PERL.I want to do some database projects in which I can use PERL

      One might suspect that your department (or University) might have an array of DataBases, hither and thither.

      If so, a project to catalogue those and store that info in a DB might find favor...especially when accompanied by (written-in-Perl) script(s) for naive users to search that db.

      OK, Lesson 0: there is no PERL. There is a language called Perl, and its reference implementation perl, commonly found in /usr/bin/perl, /usr/local/bin/perl, or c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe.

      Alexander

      --
      Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

      What about this: Get some cheapo network enabled temperature/humidity sensors (i like to use these for server room monitoring) and put them up on various places in a building. Then go ahead and implement some data logging, statistics and maybe real-time warning.

      This is not that hard to implement, you get real-world data, plus you may save your university some real money by helping them optimize the use of the climate control (or show them the need to install one).

      This could be a multi-year project for many students, extending the system. Maybe implement a web page showing current and historical data and predictions based on that. Play "connect the dots" from your access logs and try to find out what the people are looking for.

      While this system might not have a real "wow!" effect at first, it can really be helpful. They may ask themself many question that such a system can answer: Is it cooler in the cafeteria than outside (so, should i go early and get one of the limited places inside)? How warm is the water in the swimming pool? Is the heating in the chemistry lab still broken (do i need to long johns again)?

      Of course, beeing students, there are of course the uhm, not so legalized questions that the system will also help to answer, like "Is the humidifier at our dorms pot vegetable plantation working correctly and is climate control putting out the optimum temperature?". Not that i would endorse such activity, but i know how groups of young, bored people tend to think. ;-)

      "Believe me, Mike, I calculated the odds of this succeeding against the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid… and I went ahead anyway." (Crow in "MST3K The Movie")

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