-OSVDB import utility for PostgreSQL and MySQL- What you will need before you get started. 1. Have perl installed on the machine you plan to run the import utility on. 2. Be sure that all the following modules are installed: 1. DBI (either mysql or pg) 2. XML::Parser 3. HTML::Entities 4. DBD (either mysql or pg) Use CPAN command line tool or download modules from the internet and install them as needed. 3. Be sure to download all the necessary files for creating the database schema. There should be three files, one for tables, one for views and one for procedures. Follow the instructions contained within each file in order to properly create the database. Note that you will have to clear the database every time you would like to update the database. There are also corresponding shell scripts that will clear the database, recreate it and then start the importation process. For example, to import a new xml dump into a postgres database, place all related files in one directory, and type 'sh runPostgreSQLImport.sh'. Note: for this to work you will need to have your PGDATA environment variable set to point at the location where your postgresql database is stored. 4. Download the latest xmlDumpByID.xml XML database dump and place in the same folder as the downloaded import tools. That is it. Run the appropriate run shell scripts or empty/create desired database manually as described on the osvdb "Database Info" webpage and then execute import perl script by itself. To see the usage for xmldbImport.pl use the -h switch.