DBD::mysql Makefile.PL options

Complete list of DBD::mysql Makefile.PL options for version 4.027.
In the terminal, change to the source directory and execute the below command.

# perl Makefile.PL --help

Usage: perl Makefile.PL [options]

Possible options are:

--cflags=<flags>


Use <flags> for running the C compiler; defaults to the value of "mysql_config --cflags" or a guessed value


--libs=<libs>


Use <libs> for running the linker; defaults to the value of "mysql_config --libs" or a gussed value


--force-embedded


Build version of driver supporting mysqlEmb


--embedded=<libs>


Use these libs when building the embedded version of DBD (with --force-embedded). Defaults to the value of "mysql_config --embedded".


--testdb=<db>


Use the database <db> for running the test suite; defaults to test


--testuser=<user>


Use the username <user> for running the test suite; defaults to no username


--testpassword=<pwd>


Use the password <pwd> for running the test suite; defaults to no password


--testhost=<host>


Use <host> as a database server for running the test suite; defaults to localhost.


--testport=<port>


Use <port> as the port number of the database; by default the port number is choosen from the mysqlclient library


--mysql_config=<path>


Specify <path> for mysql_config script


--with-mysql=<path>


Specify <path> for the root of the MySQL installation.


--nocatchstderr


Supress using the "myld" script that redirects STDERR while running the linker.


--nofoundrows


Change the behavior of $sth->rows() so that it returns the number of rows physically modified instead of the rows matched


--ps-protocol


 Toggle the use of driver emulated prepared statements prepare, requires MySQL server >= 4.1.3 for server side prepared statements, off by default


--bind-type-guessing


Toggle the use of driver attribute mysql_bind_type_guessing. This feature makes it so driver-emulated prepared statements try to "guess" if a value being bound is numeric, in which case, quotes will not be put around the value.


--ssl


Enable SSL support


--help


Print this message and exit


All options may be configured on the command line. If they are not present on the command line, then mysql_config is called (if it can be found):

mysql_config --cflags
mysql_config --libs
mysql_config --embedded
mysql_config --testdb

and so on. See DBD::mysql::INSTALL for details.

You may go back to the following section.
Installing DBD::mysql

DBD::mysql Makefile.PL options

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