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is it good? I mean, should I use it instead of flat file? what do you think?

Also is there a review about it somewhere over the net? etc..etc... what are your opinions?

there are some additional modules for it.

And a second question. I'm using win98 and tried to create/uptade/etc a berkeley db. everything was fine, but it added one of my scripts source to the db??? that is strange

I've used the DB_File module, if that's what you're talking about. I think DB_File uses Berkeley DB files. I've used the DB types $DB_HASH and $DB_BTREE for creating tied hashes, which is much more efficient than using flat text files.

well... using AnyDBM_File looks better from the pod

But do you know a performance test (or something like that) over the net, I wanna see it , GDBM, SDBM (which is always there--it comes with Perl), and
finally ODBM. This way old programs that used to use NDBM via dbmopen()
can still do so, but new ones can reorder @ISA:

BEGIN { @AnyDBM_File::ISA = qw(DB_File GDBM_File NDBM_File) }
use AnyDBM_File;

Having multiple DBM implementations makes it trivial to copy database formats:

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DBM Comparisons
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You're getting too advanced for me. I think Mark is the DB expert.

Any_DBM is an interface to multiple db's, including the berkely db so you can't really say if it's better or not.

Though I will say, if you're only using one db, don't bother with Any_DB because it's just adding another layer on top of what you're doing....that can slows things down a touch. But, if dealing directly with DB_File is proving cumbersome, then maybe you WOULD benefit from using Any's interface.... it's up to you to decide

--mark

Everything always depends on the situation

thanx for the replies