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=head1 NAME

HDB - Hybrid Database - Handles multiple databases with the same interface.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<HDB is an easy, fast and powerfull way to access any type of database>. With it you B<don't need to know SQL, DBI, or the type of the database> that you are using.
HDB will make all the work around between the differences of any database. From HDB you still can use DBI and SQL commands if needed, but this won't be portable between database types.
If you use only HDB querys (not DBI) B<you can change the database that you are using, Server and OS without change your code!> For example, you can test/develope your code in your desktop (let's say Win32) with SQLite, and send your code to the Serv...

HDB borns like a module to access in a easy way MySQL databases from HPL Documents.
From HPL6, when it was fully rewrited, the module MYSQL was rewrited too and called HDB, where the resources were expanded for other DB types, like SQLite.
Also HDB was turned into a Perl module, that can run independent of HPL when not called from it.

=head1 USAGE

  use HDB ;
  
  my $HDB = HDB->new(