Monks,

I have linked a DB file with a hash and have tried to apply the exists function to it. For some reason I am getting the error: "AnyDBM_File doesn't define an EXISTS method at /var/www/cgi-bin/ds/deactivate.pl line 18". I even checked the Perl Cookbook and it reports that this is a valid function. What am I doing wrong?

~~Guildencrantz 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
#
# Script:  Dynamic Dungeon Siege IP Database Deactivate IP Script
# Author:  Guildencrantz
# Version: 4-13-02
#

use strict;

use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';
my $userIP = $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR};

my $activeIPsPath = "/var/www/cgi-bin/ds/database/activeIPs";

dbmopen(my %activeIPs, $activeIPsPath, 0666)
    or die "Cannot open activeIPs database: $!";

if(exists $activeIPs{$userIP}) {
        delete($activeIPs{$userIP});
...

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In reply to Exists with DBM by Guildencrantz

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