Postman Pat wrote: > I am trying to create a small database with the information like this: > > Each record has a name ie : > Dog > And has the following traits: > color > weight > nick > > For example I could have the following data: > > Name: dog > Color: green > Weight: 66 > Nick: doggie > friend: cat > > Name: fox > Color: purple > Weight: 1000 > Nick: foxie brown > friend: sheepie > > Name: blue > Color: pink > Weight: > Nick: blou > friend: pinkie > > In the above example, there is no entry for weight. > > How would I go about storing and retrieving this information? Any examples > please??
If it is a small database then you can create a hash tie (perldoc -f tie). There are some examples given in Learning Perl. > > > Regards > > LK > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]