Perl has access to the UNIX DBM database. You might want to try that if you are using a UNIX variant.
"Andrew Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have been given the task to create a contest for which appox. 90,000 > people might be signing up(collected info: name, company, email, phone, > address1, address2). Due to various reasons, I am not able to use a true > database like mySQL to store the information. At this point I am going to > have to use a text file, which I have used in the past, but not at this > level of possible entries (we are really going to be promoting this heavily > on and offline). Please let me know if you think this is a possible > dangerous level of entries for a text file. > > Also, in my experience with text files, I have not been able to stop people > from hitting submit a few times before the form submits (i.e. I have > multiple lines of the same entry). How would I stop this -- still talking > about text files? > > Thanks, > Andrew --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
