Data::Dumper / Storable help

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Re: Data::Dumper / Storable help by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 08, 2006 at 09:47 UTC
Hi Anonymous Monk, Did you Super Search this topic before posting? Take a look at the node store/retrieve data structure in MySQL, here tphyahoo points out Re: Getting back $object from eval(Dumper($object)) in reply to a similar question. Hope this helps. Martin	[reply]
Re^2: Data::Dumper / Storable help by Anonymous Monk on Feb 08, 2006 at 09:50 UTC
This is perfect... Thank you very much...	[reply]
Re: Data::Dumper / Storable help by borisz (Canon) on Feb 08, 2006 at 09:46 UTC
You can use eval to rebuild the data. A better way to store the data is to use freeze and thaw. `use Storable qw/freeze thaw/; use MIME::Base64 qw/encode_base64 decode_base64/; my $data_ref = { a => 'xx', b => 42 }; my $encoded = encode_base64( freeze($data_ref) ); # store $encoded in a database # restore data $data_ref = thaw( decode_base64($encoded) );` [download] Boris	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Data::Dumper / Storable help by planetscape (Chancellor) on Feb 09, 2006 at 03:40 UTC
You may also wish to take a look at Re: How can I visualize my complex data structure?, which describes various ways to serialize/reconstitute complex data structures. HTH, planetscape	[reply]