I am not trying to convert the database, that can be rewritten on the new server. All I need to do is convert my script which worked with DB_File to work with something very similar. The scripted worked fine on my last host, but I can't use DB_File now so I'm looking to use a very similar database where all I change is the USE and the database tie. GDBM doesn't seem to work as with .db, maybe it needs a .gdbm? The documentation doesn't say a thing about it.