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at Aug 23, 2001 at 1:29 pm
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"Bob Showalter" <Bob_Showalter@taylorwhite.com> wrote in message
Is there an easier way than MLDBM? It's all I've found. I need to
store/retreive a DBM hash with 7 keys, each key storing an
array with up to
40 entries.
It very much depends on the specific application. It really doesn't
get much easier than MLDBM. I don't understand what the problem is.
Or can I tie multiple hashes to one DBM file? Then I could
reference each
entry as a key in it's respective hash.
No, a DBM ties to one hash. But that hash (using MLDBM) can
contain other hashes nested to any level.
Post some details about why MLDBM doesn't seem to be the right
tool for you.
I'm relatively new to Perl in the first place, and I've been trying to find
portable solutions whenever possible.
I am writing my script on one machine, testing it on another Unix machine
and it will be launched on a third so if there was a reasonable alternative
that didn't require the use of an external module it would be preferable in
this situation. Also I find I learn a heck of a lot more when I try and
roll my own solutions...
The only alternative I can think of would be to index all the hash names
with a numeric identifier and parse them all into a hash of arrays when I
read the DBM... but that's probably more work than it's worth.
Thanks for the input :-)
