Author: Isaac Close Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Graphing library for arbitrary number of datasources
--- On Sun, 13/6/10, Andy Smith <andy@???> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wanting to create historical graphs -- most likely
> stacked area
> graphs -- of some things in a database. Normally I use RRD
> when I
> want to graph things, but RRD files have a fixed number of
> data
> sources when they are created and adding data sources is a
> bit of a
> pain. This will have new values added over time, so I don't
> think
> RRD is suitable. What would others recommend?
>
> I can probably remember how to drive gnuplot if that is the
> best
> answer.
>
> I would prefer to write the bits that get the data out of
> the
> database in Perl, so something with a Perl interface would
> be great.
>
> The database is only ever a snapshot of current values, so
> I need to
> record the values elsewhere for historical purposes (which
> RRD is
> nice for).
>
You'd probably get a better response asking the same question on perlmonks.org if you haven't already.
Sorry, this isn't a particularly valueable response.
