When I update a record in my DBM file, %09 is appended at the frontside of each value.

Assuming you mean the character that is %09 when uri-encoded, you are talking about \t, the tab character. (It is also known as ^I, \009, \x09, \cI, etcetera).

I've looked at your code, and it appears you have avery large interpolated string. Layed out different, it is: 

{
    $foo = "
        $bar
        $baz
        $xyzzy
    ";
}

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(Well, I couldn't enter tab characters in Mozilla, so I used four spaces instead.)
That code equals: 
{
    $foo = "\n\t\t$bar\n\t\t$baz\n\t\t$xyzzy\n\t";
}

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The solution is to remove the whitespace from your variable. You'll have a very long line by then. It might be useful to know that Perl lets you concatenate strings using the . operator :) 

U28geW91IGNhbiBhbGwgcm90MTMgY
W5kIHBhY2soKS4gQnV0IGRvIHlvdS
ByZWNvZ25pc2UgQmFzZTY0IHdoZW4
geW91IHNlZSBpdD8gIC0tIEp1ZXJk

In reply to Re: Updating entry in DBM file adds extra character %09 by Juerd
in thread Updating entry in DBM file adds extra character %09 by Anonymous Monk

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