path: root/databases/p5-hp200lx-db/pkg-descr

Purpose:

  DB.pm implements the perl package HP200LX::DB which is intended
  to provide a perl 5 interface for files in the generic database
  format of the HP 200LX palmtop computer.  The perl modules are

USAGE       

  use HP200LX::DB;
 
interface functions
  $db= HP200LX::DB::openDB ($fnm)     read database and return an DB object
  $db= HP200LX::DB::new ($fnm)        create database and return an DB object
  $db->saveDB ($fnm)                  save DB object as a (new) file

array tie implementation to access database data records
  tie (@dbd, HP200LX::DB, $db);       access database data in array form
  TIEARRAY                            stub to get an tie for the database
  FETCH                               retrieve a record
  STORE                               store a record
  $db->get_last_index ()              return highest index

WWW: http://hp200lx-db.sourceforge.net/