Re: [MacPerl] DBM Quality Question (Newbie)

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 11.16 -0400 1998.07.02, Dave Emme wrote:
>I'm just learning Perl and becoming familiar with MacPerl.  I'm confused
>about the DBM facility supplied with the MacPerl distribution.  I see
>references to Berkeley DB and don't even understand if that's what I
>currently have...
>
>More specifically: If I attempt to build a database with 10,000 records
>with 256-byte ASCII keys, will this database handle it well, or do I need
>something more robust that the default database?

Berkeley DB is what is under the hood of the DB_File module.  It can surely
handle a DB that big, or bigger.  There have been some reports that
creating such a large database can be slow in MacPerl, but I believe key
access is very fast in such a large database.

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