Mixing DBI API Calls... #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Finance::DBI; my $db = Finance::DBI->Connect('Chart') or die "$!"; my $sql = "DROP DATABASE Finance"; $db->dbi_trace(1); # call a DBI method $db->Execute($sql); # call a DBIx::DWIW method __END__ "Native" DBI methods can be called Using a "dbi_" prefix in "safe" mode Using their real names in "unsafe" mode