I have a number (~25, all Pipe delimited) of flat-file databases that I use to store my site data in. I created a script to access the data and display the results but I have hit a strange impass.

For most of my databases, the script works great. However, when I attempt to do any queries such as a "Select *" or even if I specify a SELECT query with field names on , for example, the following file:

http://www.shrum.net/flying_sites.dat

I get the following msg in the server error log:

Execution ERROR: Can't use string ("CAN'T FIND COLUMN NAMES ON FIRST") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at c:/Perl/site/lib/AnyData.pm line 126, <GEN0> line 2.

This can't be the *exact* problem as the first line of the database is the field names.

Out of all my flat-file databases, I am getting this error for about 5 of them. I can't figure it out. I am assuming that once I figure out the problem with one db, the rest *might* fall in line. I'm thinking that the problem may be in the formatting of CR/LF of the file itself (something I'm a bit ignorant about and don't know how to check). Any help would be apprechiated.

TIA

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Sean Shrum
http://www.shrum.net

In reply to DBI w/ AnyData...works except on a couple of files... by S_Shrum

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