in reply to NDBM_File won't store data

My only guess would be that MakeDate() returns some kind of date object rather than a string - maybe it autostringifies when you print it, but NDBM_File can't cope with it and silently fails to store it. Just a guess, I fear.
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Re: Re: NDBM_File won't store data
by HamNRye (Monk) on Aug 28, 2003 at 17:18 UTC

    Here is the MakeDate sub: 

    sub MakeDate {
    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localti
+me(time);
    $year = ($year + 1900) ; $mon++ ;
    my $date = sprintf("%04D%02d%02d", $year, $mon, $mday);
    return $date;
}

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    That should be a string right??

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      Yup... so my idea wasn't right.

      I've had some problems using DBM_* in Perl before - some of them have awkward little bugs like a tendency to die if you untie the object in the right place. But what yours is, I don't know.
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