Check out DBD::SQLite -- it's relational, it uses plain files and it's fast. It's also typeless, so essentially you just have to use Storeable to freeze/thaw your data into a field in the table. Another option might be to try using Class::DBI which gives you a nice relational data abstraction layer with DBD::SQLite as the data storage mechanism.

-xdg

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