3 # Library functions for the NewsStats package.
5 # Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
7 # This module can be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms under
8 # which Perl itself is published.
14 our ($VERSION, @ISA, @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, %EXPORT_TAGS);
47 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( TimePeriods => [qw(GetTimePeriod LastMonth SplitPeriod
49 Output => [qw(OutputData FormatOutput)],
50 SQLHelper => [qw(SQLHierarchies SQLSortOrder SQLGroupList
51 SQLSetBounds SQLBuildClause GetMaxLength)]);
53 our $PackageVersion = '0.01';
61 #####-------------------------------- Vars --------------------------------#####
65 our $HomePath = dirname($0);
68 our $MyVersion = "$0 $::VERSION (NewsStats.pm $VERSION)";
70 #####------------------------------- Basics -------------------------------#####
72 ################################################################################
74 ################################################################################
76 ################################################################################
77 ### display version and exit
78 print "NewsStats v$PackageVersion\n$MyVersion\n";
79 print "Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Thomas Hochstein <thh\@inter.net>\n";
80 print "This program is free software; you may redistribute it ".
81 "and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.\n";
84 ################################################################################
86 ################################################################################
88 ################################################################################
89 ### feed myself to perldoc and exit
90 exec('perldoc', $FullPath);
93 ################################################################################
95 ################################################################################
97 ################################################################################
98 ### read config via Config::Auto
99 ### IN : $ConfFile: config filename
100 ### OUT: reference to a hash containing the configuration
102 # mandatory configuration options
103 my @Mandatory = ('DBDriver','DBHost','DBUser','DBPw','DBDatabase',
104 'DBTableRaw','DBTableGrps');
105 # read config via Config::Auto
106 my $ConfR = Config::Auto::parse($ConfFile, format => 'equal');
107 my %Conf = %{$ConfR};
108 # check for mandatory options
109 foreach (@Mandatory) {
110 &Bleat(2,sprintf("Mandatory configuration option %s is not set!",$_))
111 if (!defined($Conf{$_}));
113 # $Conf{'TLH'} is checked in gatherstats.pl
116 ################################################################################
118 ################################################################################
120 ################################################################################
121 ### override configuration values
122 ### IN : $ConfigR : reference to configuration hash
123 ### $OverrideR: reference to a hash containing overrides
124 my ($ConfigR,$OverrideR) = @_;
125 my %Override = %$OverrideR;
127 &Bleat(1,"Empty configuration hash passed to OverrideConfig()")
128 if ( keys %$ConfigR < 1);
129 # return if no overrides
130 return if (keys %Override < 1 or keys %$ConfigR < 1);
131 foreach my $Key (keys %Override) {
132 $$ConfigR{$Key} = $Override{$Key};
135 ################################################################################
137 ################################################################################
139 ################################################################################
140 ### initialise database connection
141 ### IN : $ConfigR: reference to configuration hash
142 ### $Die : if TRUE, die if connection fails
144 my ($ConfigR,$Die) = @_;
145 my %Conf = %$ConfigR;
146 my $DBHandle = DBI->connect(sprintf('DBI:%s:database=%s;host=%s',
147 $Conf{'DBDriver'},$Conf{'DBDatabase'},
148 $Conf{'DBHost'}), $Conf{'DBUser'},
149 $Conf{'DBPw'}, { PrintError => 0 });
151 &Bleat(2,$DBI::errstr) if (defined($Die) and $Die);
152 &Bleat(1,$DBI::errstr);
156 ################################################################################
158 ################################################################################
160 ################################################################################
161 ### print warning or error messages and terminate in case of error
162 ### IN : $Level : 1 = warning, 2 = error
163 ### $Message: warning or error message
164 my ($Level,$Message) = @_;
166 warn "$0 W: $Message\n"
167 } elsif ($Level == 2) {
168 die "$0 E: $Message\n"
170 print "$0: $Message\n"
173 ################################################################################
175 #####------------------------------ GetStats ------------------------------#####
177 ################################################################################
179 ################################################################################
180 ### explode a (scalar) list of newsgroup names to a list of newsgroup and
181 ### hierarchy names where every newsgroup and hierarchy appears only once:
182 ### de.alt.test,de.alt.admin -> de.ALL, de.alt.ALL, de.alt.test, de.alt.admin
183 ### IN : $Newsgroups : a list of newsgroups (content of Newsgroups: header)
184 ### $TLH : top level hierarchy (all other newsgroups are ignored)
185 ### $ValidGroupsR: reference to a hash containing all valid newsgroups
187 ### OUT: %Newsgroups : hash containing all newsgroup and hierarchy names as keys
188 my ($Newsgroups,$TLH,$ValidGroupsR) = @_;
189 my %ValidGroups = %{$ValidGroupsR} if $ValidGroupsR;
192 # remove whitespace from contents of Newsgroups:
193 $Newsgroups =~ s/\s//;
194 # call &HierarchyCount for each newsgroup in $Newsgroups:
195 for (split /,/, $Newsgroups) {
196 # don't count newsgroup/hierarchy in wrong TLH
197 next if($TLH and !/^$TLH/);
198 # don't count invalid newsgroups
199 if(%ValidGroups and !defined($ValidGroups{$_})) {
200 warn (sprintf("DROPPED: %s\n",$_));
203 # add original newsgroup to %Newsgroups
205 # add all hierarchy elements to %Newsgroups, amended by '.ALL',
206 # i.e. de.alt.ALL and de.ALL
207 foreach (ParseHierarchies($_)) {
208 $Newsgroups{$_.'.ALL'} = 1;
214 ################################################################################
215 sub ParseHierarchies {
216 ################################################################################
217 ### return a list of all hierarchy levels a newsgroup belongs to
218 ### (for de.alt.test.moderated that would be de/de.alt/de.alt.test)
219 ### IN : $Newsgroup : a newsgroup name
220 ### OUT: @Hierarchies: array containing all hierarchies the newsgroup belongs to
221 my ($Newsgroup) = @_;
223 # strip trailing dots
224 $Newsgroup =~ s/(.+)\.+$/$1/;
225 # butcher newsgroup name by "." and add each hierarchy to @Hierarchies
226 # i.e. de.alt.test: "de.alt" and "de"
227 while ($Newsgroup =~ /\./) {
228 $Newsgroup =~ s/^((?:\.?[^.]+)*)\.[^.]+$/$1/;
229 push @Hierarchies, $Newsgroup;
234 ################################################################################
236 ################################################################################
237 ### read a list of valid newsgroups from file (each group on one line,
238 ### ignoring everything after the first whitespace and so accepting files
239 ### in checkgroups format as well as (parts of) an INN active file)
240 ### IN : $Filename : file to read
241 ### OUT: \%ValidGroups: hash containing all valid newsgroups
244 open (my $LIST,"<$Filename") or &Bleat(2,"Cannot read $Filename: $!");
249 $ValidGroups{$_} = '1';
252 return \%ValidGroups;
255 ################################################################################
257 #####----------------------------- TimePeriods ----------------------------#####
259 ################################################################################
261 ################################################################################
262 ### get a time period to act on from --month option;
263 ### if empty, default to last month
264 ### IN : $Month: may be empty, 'YYYY-MM', 'YYYY-MM:YYYY-MM' or 'all'
265 ### OUT: $Verbal,$SQL: verbal description and WHERE-clause
266 ### of the chosen time period
268 # define result variables
270 # define a regular expression for a month
271 my $REMonth = '\d{4}-\d{2}';
273 # default to last month if option is not set
278 # check for valid input
279 if ($Month =~ /^$REMonth$/) {
280 # single month (YYYY-MM)
281 ($Month) = &CheckMonth($Month);
283 $SQL = sprintf("month = '%s'",$Month);
284 } elsif ($Month =~ /^$REMonth:$REMonth$/) {
285 # time period (YYYY-MM:YYYY-MM)
286 $Verbal = sprintf('%s to %s',&SplitPeriod($Month));
287 $SQL = sprintf("month BETWEEN '%s' AND '%s'",&SplitPeriod($Month));
288 } elsif ($Month =~ /^all$/i) {
290 $Verbal = 'all time';
294 return (undef,undef);
297 return ($Verbal,$SQL);
300 ################################################################################
302 ################################################################################
303 ### get last month from todays date in YYYY-MM format
304 ### OUT: last month as YYYY-MM
306 my (undef,undef,undef,undef,$Month,$Year,undef,undef,undef) = localtime(time);
307 # $Month is already defined from 0 to 11, so no need to decrease it by 1
314 return sprintf('%4d-%02d',$Year,$Month);
317 ################################################################################
319 ################################################################################
320 ### check if input (in YYYY-MM form) is valid with MM between 01 and 12;
321 ### otherwise, fix it
322 ### IN : @Month: array of month
323 ### OUT: @Month: a valid month
325 foreach my $Month (@Month) {
326 my ($OldMonth) = $Month;
327 my ($CalMonth) = substr ($Month, -2);
328 if ($CalMonth < 1 or $CalMonth > 12) {
329 $CalMonth = '12' if $CalMonth > 12;
330 $CalMonth = '01' if $CalMonth < 1;
331 substr($Month, -2) = $CalMonth;
332 &Bleat(1,sprintf("'%s' is an invalid date (MM must be between '01' ".
333 "and '12'), set to '%s'.",$OldMonth,$Month));
339 ################################################################################
341 ################################################################################
342 ### split a time period denoted by YYYY-MM:YYYY-MM into start and end month
343 ### IN : $Period: time period
344 ### OUT: $StartMonth, $EndMonth
346 my ($StartMonth, $EndMonth) = split /:/, $Period;
347 ($StartMonth,$EndMonth) = CheckMonth($StartMonth,$EndMonth);
348 # switch parameters as necessary
349 if ($EndMonth gt $StartMonth) {
350 return ($StartMonth, $EndMonth);
352 return ($EndMonth, $StartMonth);
356 ################################################################################
358 ################################################################################
359 ### return a list of months (YYYY-MM) between start and end month
360 ### IN : $MonthExpression ('YYYY-MM' or 'YYYY-MM to YYYY-MM')
361 ### OUT: @Months: array containing all months from $MonthExpression enumerated
362 my ($MonthExpression )= @_;
363 # return if single month
364 return ($MonthExpression) if ($MonthExpression =~ /^\d{4}-\d{2}$/);
365 # parse $MonthExpression
366 my ($StartMonth, $EndMonth) = split(' to ',$MonthExpression);
367 # set $Year, $Month from $StartMonth
368 my ($Year, $Month) = split /-/, $StartMonth;
371 until ("$Year-$Month" gt $EndMonth) {
372 push @Months, "$Year-$Month";
373 $Month = "$Month"; # force string context
383 #####---------------------------- OutputFormats ---------------------------#####
385 ################################################################################
387 ################################################################################
388 ### read database query results from DBHandle and print results with formatting
389 ### IN : $Format : format specifier
390 ### $Comments : print or suppress all comments for machine-readable output
391 ### $GroupBy : primary sorting order (month or key)
392 ### $Precision: number of digits right of decimal point (0 or 2)
393 ### $ValidKeys: reference to a hash containing all valid keys
394 ### $FileTempl: file name template (--filetemplate): filetempl-YYYY-MM
395 ### $DBQuery : database query handle with executed query,
396 ### containing $Month, $Key, $Value
397 ### $PadField : padding length for key field (optional) for 'pretty'
398 ### $PadValue : padding length for value field (optional) for 'pretty'
399 my ($Format, $Comments, $GroupBy, $Precision, $ValidKeys, $FileTempl,
400 $DBQuery, $PadField, $PadValue) = @_;
401 my %ValidKeys = %{$ValidKeys} if $ValidKeys;
402 my ($FileName, $Handle, $OUT);
405 # define output types
407 @LegalOutput{('dump','list','pretty')} = ();
408 # bail out if format is unknown
409 &Bleat(2,"Unknown output type '$Format'!") if !exists($LegalOutput{$Format});
411 while (my ($Month, $Key, $Value) = $DBQuery->fetchrow_array) {
412 # don't display invalid keys
413 if(%ValidKeys and !defined($ValidKeys{$Key})) {
415 # &Bleat(1,sprintf("DROPPED: %s",$Key));
418 # care for correct sorting order and abstract from month and keys:
419 # $Caption will be $Month or $Key, according to sorting order,
420 # and $Key will be $Key or $Month, respectively
422 if ($GroupBy eq 'key') {
428 # set output file handle
430 $Handle = *STDOUT{IO}; # set $Handle to a reference to STDOUT
431 } elsif (!defined($LastIteration) or $LastIteration ne $Caption) {
432 close $OUT if ($LastIteration);
433 # safeguards for filename creation:
434 # replace potential problem characters with '_'
435 $FileName = sprintf('%s-%s',$FileTempl,$Caption);
436 $FileName =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/_/g;
437 open ($OUT,">$FileName")
438 or &Bleat(2,sprintf("Cannot open output file '%s': $!",
442 print $Handle &FormatOutput($Format, $Comments, $Caption, $Key, $Value,
443 $Precision, $PadField, $PadValue);
444 $LastIteration = $Caption;
446 close $OUT if ($FileTempl);
449 ################################################################################
451 ################################################################################
452 ### format information for output according to format specifier
453 ### IN : $Format : format specifier
454 ### $Comments : print or suppress all comments for machine-readable output
455 ### $Caption : month (as YYYY-MM) or $Key, according to sorting order
456 ### $Key : newsgroup, client, ... or $Month, as above
457 ### $Value : number of postings with that attribute
458 ### $Precision: number of digits right of decimal point (0 or 2)
459 ### $PadField : padding length for key field (optional) for 'pretty'
460 ### $PadValue : padding length for value field (optional) for 'pretty'
461 ### OUT: $Output: formatted output
462 my ($Format, $Comments, $Caption, $Key, $Value, $Precision, $PadField,
465 # keep last caption in mind
466 our ($LastIteration);
467 # create one line of output
468 if ($Format eq 'dump') {
469 # output as dump (key value)
470 $Output = sprintf ("# %s:\n",$Caption)
471 if ($Comments and (!defined($LastIteration) or $Caption ne $LastIteration));
472 $Output .= sprintf ("%s %u\n",$Key,$Value);
473 } elsif ($Format eq 'list') {
474 # output as list (caption key value)
475 $Output = sprintf ("%s %s %u\n",$Caption,$Key,$Value);
476 } elsif ($Format eq 'pretty') {
478 $Output = sprintf ("# ----- %s:\n",$Caption)
479 if ($Comments and (!defined($LastIteration) or $Caption ne $LastIteration));
480 # increase $PadValue for numbers with decimal point
481 $PadValue += $Precision+1 if $Precision;
482 # add padding if $PadField is set; $PadValue HAS to be set then
483 $Output .= sprintf ($PadField ?
484 sprintf("%%-%us%%s %%%u.*f\n",$PadField,$PadValue) :
485 "%s%s %.*f\n",$Key,$Comments ? ':' : '',
491 #####------------------------- QueryModifications -------------------------#####
493 ################################################################################
495 ################################################################################
496 ### add exclusion of hierarchy levels (de.alt.ALL) from SQL query by
497 ### amending the WHERE clause if $ShowHierarchies is false (or don't, if it is
498 ### true, accordingly)
499 ### IN : $ShowHierarchies: boolean value
501 my ($ShowHierarchies) = @_;
502 return $ShowHierarchies ? '' : "newsgroup NOT LIKE '%.ALL'";
505 ################################################################################
507 ################################################################################
508 ### get length of longest fields in future query result
509 ### IN : $DBHandle : database handle
510 ### $Table : table to query
511 ### $Field : field (key!, i.e. month, newsgroup, ...) to check
512 ### $Value : field (value!, i.e. postings) to check
513 ### $WhereClause : WHERE clause
514 ### $HavingClause: HAVING clause
515 ### @BindVars : bind variables for WHERE clause
516 ### OUT: $FieldLength : length of longest instance of $Field
517 ### $ValueLength : length of longest instance of $Value
518 my ($DBHandle,$Table,$Field,$Value,$WhereClause,$HavingClause,@BindVars) = @_;
519 my $DBQuery = $DBHandle->prepare(sprintf("SELECT MAX(LENGTH(%s)),".
521 "FROM %s %s %s",$Field,,$Value,
522 $Table,$WhereClause,$HavingClause ?
523 'GROUP BY newsgroup' . $HavingClause .
524 ' ORDER BY LENGTH(newsgroup) '.
525 'DESC LIMIT 1': ''));
526 $DBQuery->execute(@BindVars) or &Bleat(1,sprintf("Can't get field length ".
527 "for '%s' from table '%s': ".
528 "$DBI::errstr",$Field,$Table));
529 my ($FieldLength,$ValueMax) = $DBQuery->fetchrow_array;
530 my $ValueLength = length($ValueMax) if ($ValueMax);
531 return ($FieldLength,$ValueLength);
534 ################################################################################
536 ################################################################################
537 ### build a SQL 'ORDER BY' clause from $OptGroupBy (primary sorting) and
538 ### $OptOrderBy (secondary sorting), both ascending or descending;
539 ### descending sorting order is done by adding '-desc'
540 ### IN : $GroupBy: primary sort by 'month' (default) or 'newsgroups'
541 ### $OrderBy: secondary sort by month/newsgroups (default)
542 ### or number of 'postings'
543 ### OUT: a SQL ORDER BY clause
544 my ($GroupBy,$OrderBy) = @_;
545 my ($GroupSort,$OrderSort) = ('','');
546 # $GroupBy (primary sorting)
550 ($GroupBy, $GroupSort) = SQLParseOrder($GroupBy);
551 if ($GroupBy =~ /group/i) {
552 $GroupBy = 'newsgroup';
557 my $Secondary = ($GroupBy eq 'month') ? 'newsgroup' : 'month';
558 # $OrderBy (secondary sorting)
560 $OrderBy = $Secondary;
562 ($OrderBy, $OrderSort) = SQLParseOrder($OrderBy);
563 if ($OrderBy =~ /posting/i) {
564 $OrderBy = "postings $OrderSort, $Secondary";
566 $OrderBy = "$Secondary $OrderSort";
569 return ($GroupBy,&SQLBuildClause('order',"$GroupBy $GroupSort",$OrderBy));
572 ################################################################################
574 ################################################################################
575 ### parse $OptGroupBy or $OptOrderBy option of the form param[-desc], e.g.
576 ### 'month', 'month-desc', 'newsgroups-desc', but also just 'desc'
577 ### IN : $OrderOption: order option (see above)
578 ### OUT: parameter to sort by,
579 ### sort order ('DESC' or nothing, meaning 'ASC')
580 my ($OrderOption) = @_;
582 if ($OrderOption =~ s/-?desc$//i) {
585 $OrderOption =~ s/-?asc$//i
587 return ($OrderOption,$SortOrder);
590 ################################################################################
592 ################################################################################
593 ### explode list of newsgroups separated by : (with wildcards)
594 ### to a SQL 'WHERE' expression
595 ### IN : $Newsgroups: list of newsgroups (group.one.*:group.two:group.three.*)
596 ### OUT: SQL code to become part of a 'WHERE' clause,
597 ### list of newsgroups for SQL bindings
598 my ($Newsgroups) = @_;
599 # substitute '*' wildcard with SQL wildcard character '%'
600 $Newsgroups =~ s/\*/%/g;
601 return (undef,undef) if !CheckValidNewsgroups($Newsgroups);
602 # just one newsgroup?
603 return (SQLGroupWildcard($Newsgroups),$Newsgroups) if $Newsgroups !~ /:/;
604 my ($SQL,@WildcardGroups,@NoWildcardGroups);
605 # list of newsgroups separated by ':'
606 my @GroupList = split /:/, $Newsgroups;
607 foreach (@GroupList) {
609 # add to list of newsgroup names WITHOUT wildcard
610 push (@NoWildcardGroups,$_);
612 # add to list of newsgroup names WITH wildcard
613 push (@WildcardGroups,$_);
614 # add wildcard to SQL clause
615 # 'OR' if SQL clause is not empty
616 $SQL .= ' OR ' if $SQL;
617 $SQL .= 'newsgroup LIKE ?'
620 if (scalar(@NoWildcardGroups)) {
621 # add 'OR' if SQL clause is not empty
622 $SQL .= ' OR ' if $SQL;
623 if (scalar(@NoWildcardGroups) < 2) {
624 # special case: just one newsgroup without wildcard
625 $SQL .= 'newsgroup = ?';
627 # create list of newsgroups to include: 'newsgroup IN (...)'
628 $SQL .= 'newsgroup IN (';
630 foreach (@NoWildcardGroups) {
631 $SQLin .= ',' if $SQLin;
634 # add list to SQL clause
635 $SQL .= $SQLin .= ')';
638 # add brackets '()' to SQL clause as needed (more than one wildcard group)
639 if (scalar(@WildcardGroups)) {
640 $SQL = '(' . $SQL .')';
642 # rebuild @GroupList in (now) correct order
643 @GroupList = (@WildcardGroups,@NoWildcardGroups);
644 return ($SQL,@GroupList);
647 ################################################################################
648 sub SQLGroupWildcard {
649 ################################################################################
650 ### build a valid SQL 'WHERE' expression with or without wildcards
651 ### IN : $Newsgroup: newsgroup expression, probably with wildcard
652 ### (group.name or group.name.%)
653 ### OUT: SQL code to become part of a 'WHERE' clause
654 my ($Newsgroup) = @_;
655 if ($Newsgroup !~ /%/) {
656 return 'newsgroup = ?';
658 return 'newsgroup LIKE ?';
662 ################################################################################
664 ################################################################################
665 ### set upper and/or lower boundary (number of postings)
666 ### IN : $Type: 'level', 'average', 'sum' or 'default'
667 ### $LowBound,$UppBound: lower/upper boundary, respectively
668 ### OUT: SQL code to become part of a WHERE or HAVING clause
669 my ($Type,$LowBound,$UppBound) = @_;
670 ($LowBound,$UppBound) = SQLCheckNumber($LowBound,$UppBound);
671 if($LowBound and $UppBound and $LowBound > $UppBound) {
672 &Bleat(1,"Lower boundary $LowBound is larger than Upper boundary ".
673 "$UppBound, exchanging boundaries.");
674 ($LowBound,$UppBound) = ($UppBound,$LowBound);
676 # default to 'default'
677 my $WhereHavingFunction = 'postings';
678 # set $LowBound to SQL statement:
679 # 'WHERE postings >=', 'HAVING MIN(postings) >=' or 'HAVING AVG(postings) >='
680 if ($Type eq 'level') {
681 $WhereHavingFunction = 'MIN(postings)'
682 } elsif ($Type eq 'average') {
683 $WhereHavingFunction = 'AVG(postings)'
684 } elsif ($Type eq 'sum') {
685 $WhereHavingFunction = 'SUM(postings)'
687 $LowBound = sprintf('%s >= '.$LowBound,$WhereHavingFunction) if ($LowBound);
688 # set $LowBound to SQL statement:
689 # 'WHERE postings <=', 'HAVING MAX(postings) <=' or 'HAVING AVG(postings) <='
690 if ($Type eq 'level') {
691 $WhereHavingFunction = 'MAX(postings)'
692 } elsif ($Type eq 'average') {
693 $WhereHavingFunction = 'AVG(postings)'
694 } elsif ($Type eq 'sum') {
695 $WhereHavingFunction = 'SUM(postings)'
697 $UppBound = sprintf('%s <= '.$UppBound,$WhereHavingFunction) if ($UppBound);
698 return ($LowBound,$UppBound);
701 ################################################################################
703 ################################################################################
704 ### check if input is a valid positive integer; otherwise, make it one
705 ### IN : @Numbers: array of parameters
706 ### OUT: @Numbers: a valid positive integer
708 foreach my $Number (@Numbers) {
709 if ($Number and $Number < 0) {
710 &Bleat(1,"Boundary $Number is < 0, set to ".-$Number);
713 $Number = '' if ($Number and $Number !~ /^\d+$/);
718 ################################################################################
720 ################################################################################
721 ### build a valid SQL WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY or HAVING clause
722 ### from multiple expressions which *may* be empty
723 ### IN : $Type: 'where', 'having', 'group' or 'order'
724 ### @Expressions: array of expressions
725 ### OUT: $SQLClause: a SQL clause
726 my ($Type,@Expressions) = @_;
727 my ($SQLClause,$Separator,$Statement);
728 # set separator ('AND' or ',')
729 if ($Type eq 'where' or $Type eq 'having') {
735 if ($Type eq 'where') {
736 $Statement = 'WHERE';
737 } elsif ($Type eq 'order') {
738 $Statement = 'ORDER BY';
739 } elsif ($Type eq 'having') {
740 $Statement = 'HAVING';
742 $Statement = 'GROUP BY';
744 # build query from expressions with separators
745 foreach my $Expression (@Expressions) {
747 $SQLClause .= " $Separator " if ($SQLClause);
748 $SQLClause .= $Expression;
751 # add statement in front if not already present
752 $SQLClause = " $Statement " . $SQLClause
753 if ($SQLClause and $SQLClause !~ /$Statement/);
757 #####--------------------------- Verifications ----------------------------#####
759 ################################################################################
760 sub CheckValidNewsgroups {
761 ################################################################################
762 ### syntax check of newgroup list
763 ### IN : $Newsgroups: list of newsgroups (group.one.*:group.two:group.three.*)
765 my ($Newsgroups) = @_;
766 my $InvalidCharRegExp = ',; ';
767 return ($Newsgroups =~ /[$InvalidCharRegExp]/) ? 0 : 1;
771 #####------------------------------- done ---------------------------------#####