# Io Reference

Databases / DBI / DBI

|  | An object for wrapping libdbi to allow Io access to a multitude of database systems transparently.

drivers

Get a list of drivers and its associated information:

1. name
2. description
3. filename
4. version
5. date compiled
6. maintainer
7. url

init

Initialize the DBI environment with the default driver path.
initWithDriversPath

Initialize the DBI environment with the specified libdbi driver path.
version

Return string version of libdbi being used.
with(driverName)

Get a new connection with the given driver.