Re: [CDBI] Re: DBD::DBM

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On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 10:04:37AM -0700, Ryan Tate wrote:
> On 10/12/05, Ryan Tate <lists@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience working with Class::DBI on top of
> > DBD::DBM? How'd it go?
> 
> I tried this and it was basically a blind alley. I don't know of any
> troubles working with DBD::DBM and Class::DBI, but it appears DBD::DBM
> in MLDBM mode expects only arrayrefs as values, not hashrefs. As such:
> 
> $Tied_hash{ '2' } = [ $val1, $val2 ]
> 
> Which it makes it totally unsuitables for my purposes, as all my data is like :
> 
> $Tied_hash{ '2' } = { key => $val, key2 => $val2 };
> 
> 
> ... which I think is actually _much_ more common in the wild than
> arrayrefs. Anyway, DBD::DBM is young yet, so  maybe this will change
> in the future.

Maybe you could contribute a patch. Help save the world.

Tim.

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