beginners'
Subject: RE: Storing complex Data structures ?
No. You access the data through %COMPANY_DB. That's the whole
point of tie(). The object $db is used only if you need to
call additional methods of MLDBM on it. You really don't even
need to save $db, because you can always get it via
What is the correct way to access and store complex data structures to a
file. I.e. hashes with several references. The method I have been using
is as follows
tie (%COMPANY_DB,'MLDBM','studio3.db',O_RDWR|O_CREAT,0777,$DB_BTREE) ||
die $!;
Also DB_File.
I'm realizing from previous help that
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:17:33AM -0700, Rowan Reid wrote:
What is the correct way to access and store complex data structures to a
file. I.e. hashes with several references.
This is Perl. There is no correct way.
But you could take a look at Data::Dumper and Storable for other
solutions.
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From: Rowan Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:18 PM
To: 'Perl beginners'
Subject: Storing complex Data structures ?
What is the correct way to access and store complex data
structures to a
file. I.e. hashes with several
No. You access the data through %COMPANY_DB. That's the whole
point of tie(). The object $db is used only if you need to
call additional methods of MLDBM on it. You really don't even
need to save $db, because you can always get it via:
tied(%COMPANY_DB)
This is what I did
