My script usually takes 1 minute to run, but with mldbm it takes anywhere from 15 minutes to 1 hour (seems quite long even if it is writing to disk). The script creates 3 db files which grow to about 800kb each.

This is my function to store the HOHs:

sub store{
my ($app,$staffno)=@_;

my $tmp=$appstaffwk{$app};
$tmp->{$staffno}=1;
$appstaffwk{$app}=$tmp;

$tmp=$appstaffmnth{$app};
$tmp->{$staffno}=1;
$appstaffmnth{$app}=$tmp;

$tmp=$appstaffyr{$app};
$tmp->{$staffno}=1;
$appstaffyr{$app}=$tmp;
}

Any ideas how to make this more efficient?

Thanks,

js1.

In reply to Re: Re: MLDBM slows down my script by js1
in thread MLDBM slows down my script by js1

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