Chris Sharman wrote:
Is VMS::IndexedFile the best/only way to read by key ? (it seems very
old - version 0.02 from April 1999)
I use VMS::IndexedFile to access the indexed files on my system. The
only issue I have with it is the fact that there's no way to change
which key you access a file through after you open the file except to
tie another hash. Other than that, I agree with Craig - it works and
there's no reason to update it.
I wrote a couple of modules to layer on top of this to make things a
little easier. Look for VMS::FlatFile and Data::FixedFormat in CPAN.
Recently someone mentioned an SMG module. I think there was another RMS
module in the same author's directory. That's the only other RMS module
I've ever seen.
