All, I'm trying to get some data out of an old file that was stored with mod MLDBM. When the file was created (about 5 years ago), the module was invoked like so: use MLDBM "DB_File"; but apparently the module has been updated since then because that is no longer a method it exports, and when I try to use it I'm told it can't find package DB_File.pm

So I tried to use it with the currently supported invocations. With just use MLDBM; I get error "Argument "2.121_08" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at C:/Perl/site/lib/MLDBM/Serializer/Data/Dumper.pm line 5 Usage: SDBM_File::TIEHASH(dbtype, filename, flags, mode) at C:/Perl/site/lib/MLDBM.pm line 143." And using use MLDBM qw(SDBM_File Storable); yields error: "Usage: SDBM_File::TIEHASH(dbtype, filename, flags, mode) at C:/Perl/site/lib/MLDBM.pm line 143."

Anybody know how I can strighten this out?

Thanks......Steve

In reply to MLDBM Problem by cormanaz

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