Re^2: Two keys with the same name in a hash.

I use dbmopen to create/open this dbm database file.
The version of perl is 5.8.6 Activeperl.
The key name and the first variable to pack- have the same
name.
Moreover, the problem doesn't grow further,i.e. When there
already are 2 keys with the same name the last one can be
modified with the mentioned above way.

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Re^3: Two keys with the same name in a hash.
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Feb 09, 2005 at 10:35 UTC

I use dbmopen to create/open this dbm database file.
The version of perl is 5.8.6 Activeperl.

perl -MAnyDBM_File -le"print for @AnyDBM_File::ISA"
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DB_File (or specifically DB_HASH, which is what you're using) doesn't allow multi-valued keys, so chances are you've misdiagnosed the situation. Insert the following snippet and examine your database

use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Indent=1;
$Data::Dumper::Useqq=1;
die Dumper( \%DATABASE );
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Unless you have a good reason to use dbmopen, you should switch to the tie interface.

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