Dbmopen problem

ronferns · 12-15-2004, 04:59 AM

Hi folks,

I have some scripts running on perl 5 on my isp. I am using hash databases and using dbmopen/dbmclose to access them.

I have FC1 running perl 5.8 on my local server for development. I downloaded the dbm files from my isp and tried to open them in the local copy of the scripts. It Failed.

Am i missing some module or library ?

Is there any way to open hash databases created in perl 5 in perl 5.8.

chrism01 · 12-16-2004, 11:32 PM

You might get an answer at www.perlmonks.com, although it would be a good idea if you posted the exact code and errormsg when you do.
Perl 5.0 is pretty old, you should really try to talk your ISP into upgrading....

ronferns · 12-17-2004, 03:08 AM

well it is a mini MIS that is on the ISP server.

Code nippet on isp

dbmopen(%SDB,"ship",0600) or die("Cannot open ship db. $!");

this does not give an error.

the same snippet on perl5.8 ( on FC1) gives the following error

cannot open at line 4

there is no more elaborate error. I am testing the script on the hash prompt. The database has 777 permision for testing.

I suspect it may have to do something with DBM versions or so... but cannot put the finger on it.