Hi, thank you all for your hints, BUT (with capital letters ;-)
I think, it's a question of speed: If I hold my data in a hash in memory, access should be faster than using any kind of external database. What makes me wonder is the extremely blown up size (mod)perl uses for datastructures. Ernest -- ********************************************************************* * VIRTUALITAS Inc. * * * * * * European Consultant Office * http://www.virtualitas.net * * Internationales Handelszentrum * contact:Ernest Lergon * * Friedrichstraße 95 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * 10117 Berlin / Germany * ums:+49180528132130266 * ********************************************************************* PGP-Key http://www.virtualitas.net/Ernest_Lergon.asc