ZoneMi...tabase(3pm)

✨ ZoneMinder::Database 💾

okay bestie, so this page is the manual for ZoneMinder::Database, living in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section (that's the 3pm vibe, iykyk). it's the Perl module that holds the database functions ZoneMinder actually uses. yes, THE database module. she's iconic, she's load-bearing, and she's about to be explained to you in full. 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ZoneMinder::Database — a Perl module containing database functions used in ZM 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

so the whole summoning ritual is literally one line, no cap:

use ZoneMinder::Database;

that's it. that's the incantation. 🪄

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

💖 EXPORT 💖

when you use this module, these are the things it hands you. the whole girl group, no skips:

• zmDbConnect — bestie number one, out here doing the connecting ✨
• zmDbDisconnect — and of course she has to say goodbye eventually 😭
• zmDbGetMonitors — plural monitors, the whole roster 👑
• zmDbGetMonitor — just the one monitor, singular main character energy
• zmDbGetMonitorAndControl — monitor AND control, she's doing both, she's booked and busy 💅
• zmDbDo — the doer. the one who just does. 🫡

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this masterpiece was authored by Philip Coombes, who you can reach at <philip.coombes@zoneminder.com> 💌

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okay and that's the whole page, you read it all, I'm so proud 🥹

this lil manual came to you courtesy of perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-02-01, filed under ZoneMi...tabase(3pm) — yes the title got squished, that's just how it's printed, don't worry about it 💀

go connect some databases bestie, ily, mwah 🎀✨💖