The tables used are described below - the data types correspond to mysql tables, with the corresponding
adjustments made if the SQLite database is used.
mods
This table contains module information, and is created as
mod_id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
mod_name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
dist_id INTEGER NOT NULL
mod_abs TEXT
mod_vers VARCHAR(10)
• mod_id
This is the primary (unique) key of the table.
• dist_id
This key corresponds to the id of the associated distribution in the "dists" table.
• mod_name
This is the module's name.
• mod_abs
This is a description, if available, of the module.
• mod_vers
This value, if present, gives the version of the module.
dists
This table contains distribution information, and is created as
dist_id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
dist_name VARCHAR(90) NOT NULL
auth_id INTEGER NOT NULL
dist_file VARCHAR(110) NOT NULL
dist_vers VARCHAR(20)
dist_abs TEXT
• dist_id
This is the primary (unique) key of the table.
• auth_id
This corresponds to the CPAN author id of the distribution in the "auths" table.
• dist_name
This corresponds to the distribution name (eg, for My-Distname-0.22.tar.gz, "dist_name" will be
"My-Distname").
• dist_file
This corresponds to the CPAN file name.
• dist_vers
This is the version of the CPAN file (eg, for My-Distname-0.22.tar.gz, "dist_vers" will be 0.22).
• dist_abs
This is a description of the distribution. If not directly supplied, the description for, eg,
"Foo::Bar", if present, will be used for the "Foo-Bar" distribution.
auths
This table contains CPAN author information, and is created as
auth_id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
cpanid VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
fullname VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL
email TEXT
• auth_id
This is the primary (unique) key of the table.
• cpanid
This gives the CPAN author id.
• fullname
This is the full name of the author.
• email
This is the supplied email address of the author.