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Problem with tie and GDBM
I need to use gdbm databases with Perl but get the error:
"Can't locate object method "TIEHASH" via package "GDBM_FILE" " at
my_first_db.pl line 5."
when using this code:
#! /bin/perl -w
use GDBM_File;
use POSIX;
use Fcntl;
tie(%db, "GDBM_FILE", "my_db", &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0644);
Is it a bug in Perl5.003, or is there a workaround?
I am using Perl5.003 with the gdbm-1.7.3 library statically linked, both
compiled with gcc-2.7.2.2 on a Sun ULTRA running Solaris2.5.
"Can't locate object method "TIEHASH" via package "GDBM_FILE" " at
my_first_db.pl line 5."
when using this code:
#! /bin/perl -w
use GDBM_File;
use POSIX;
use Fcntl;
tie(%db, "GDBM_FILE", "my_db", &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0644);
Is it a bug in Perl5.003, or is there a workaround?
I am using Perl5.003 with the gdbm-1.7.3 library statically linked, both
compiled with gcc-2.7.2.2 on a Sun ULTRA running Solaris2.5.
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mkornell's answer solved my problem.
The code I tried was directly copied/pasted from an online manual
that had the syntax wrong!
The code I tried was directly copied/pasted from an online manual
that had the syntax wrong!
tie(%db, GDBM_File, "my_db", &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0644);
i.e. change "GDBM_FILE" to "GDBM_File". You also don't need the quotes.