if I have a subroutine that returns a references to a hash how would I get that hash in a hash that is tied to a DBM i.e.
my %h; my $db_name = "test.dbmx"; tie(%h, 'AnyDBM_File', $db_name, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0640) or die("can't create \%h: $!"); $temp = $nntp->newsgroups(); $temp is a references to a hash I would like to have the return value of $nntp->newsgroups() put directly in to %h. can this be done or do I have to copy %$temp to %h thanks for the help Joseph Jones -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]