On Saturday 06 May 2006 02:19, Alan_C wrote: > Hi, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ perldoc -f dbmopen > > dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK > [This function has been largely superseded by the "tie" > function.] > -------------------- > > But it does not say "completely superseded"
Even more directly to the point, I was seeking regards to dbmopen up above in that snippet it's therein expressed as "has been largely superseded by the tie". *Why* in the doc is it so expressed? Ok, I perldoc'ed some more and Googled and searched a book. And, it now appears to me that it's all about what I need. Simply, the tie offers greater flexibility of database formats whereas the dbmopen uses only the particular DBM that perl was compiled to. So, if I do not need those other database formats that tie can use then this appears to be a case for me where I just merely use dbmopen Please correct me if I have displayed any incorrectness in my understanding of this issue. http://perldoc.perl.org/perltie.html The next quote is taken from chapter 12. Databases and Perl from the book "Perl In A Nutshell" <quote> To associate a DBM database with a DBM array, you can use either the dbmopen function or the tie function with a DBM-style module. (dbmopen is actually just a front-end to tie.) For example, with dbmopen: dbmopen(%ARRAYNAME, "dbmfilename", $mode); or (using tie with the DB_File module): use DB_File; tie(%ARRAYNAME, "DB_File", "dbmfilename"); </quote> http://perldoc.perl.org/DB_File.html http://www.google.com/search?q=perl+dbmopen+tie&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official -- Alan. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
