On 5/15/07, yitzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip
You can split the input file into chunks, or process one ID and then let the variable go out of scope or whatever...
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Or, since the solution involves hashes, you could use a dbm file tie'd to a hash to keep the data on disk instead of RAM. Take a look at AnyDBM_File*, DBM::Deep*, or the dbmopen* function. * http://search.cpan.org/~nwclark/perl-5.8.8/lib/AnyDBM_File.pm * http://search.cpan.org/~rkinyon/DBM-Deep-1.0001/lib/DBM/Deep.pod * http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfunc/dbmopen.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
