Hello Everyone...

I need some serious help here. I'm trying to use a module (Checkpoint.pm from http://www.wormnet.nl/). It goes through the objects.C and configs.C from Checkpoint Configs and loads the data into a hash so I can use it later.

The problem (I think) is that the file is so big that the hash hit's its limit. I see the first 9092 objects in the hash, but everything afterward doesn't get added.

Is this a size limitation of hashes in Perl? I tried this on Unix and Windows and see the same results. Is there a way to get around it? Can I tell Perl to allow extra huge hashes, even if it takes up all my memory?

Here is an example of the structure of a truncated objects.C file (object name and IP have been changed):


(
        :netobj (netobj
                : (objectnameishere
                        :DAG (false)
                        :add_adtr_rule (false)
                        :cp_products_installed (false)
                        :data_source (not-installed)
                        :enforce_gtp_rate_limit (false)
                        :firewall (not-installed)
                        :floodgate (not-installed)
                        :gtp_rate_limit (2048)
                        :ipaddr (10.1.1.1)
                        :type (host)
                        :IPSec_main_if_nat (false)
                )
        )
)


In my file, there are 10572 objects.

Here's the script I wrote to test it: 
GetObjects("objects.C"); # Create the Object Hash;

my $line = GetKey('netobj');

foreach (keys(%{$line})) {
	print "$_\n";
}
Here is the bucket details:

6995/16384

I got this by changing my test script to:
GetObjects("objects.C"); # Create the Object Hash;

my $line = GetKey('netobj');
print scalar(%{$line}) . "\n";
Thanks everyone in advance!!

Morpheous1129 (Sean McDaniel)

In reply to Limitation of extra large hash by morpheous1129

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