On May 9, 11:11 am, Ignoramus26246 <ignoramus26...@NOSPAM.
26246.invalid> wrote:
> I would like to know if Perl's DBI supports an attribute that would
> make a database handle read only.

mysql> GRANT SELECT ON database.* TO 'webuser'@'localhost' IDENDIFIED
BY 'webuserpassword';

Then, use webuser as your user for your application.

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