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1 | # DB_File.pm -- Perl 5 interface to Berkeley DB |
2 | # |
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3 | # written by Paul Marquess (Paul.Marquess@btinternet.com) |
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4 | # last modified 22nd October 2002 |
5 | # version 1.806 |
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6 | # |
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7 | # Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. |
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8 | # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
9 | # modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
10 | |
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11 | |
12 | package DB_File::HASHINFO ; |
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13 | |
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14 | require 5.00404; |
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15 | |
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16 | use warnings; |
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17 | use strict; |
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18 | use Carp; |
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19 | require Tie::Hash; |
20 | @DB_File::HASHINFO::ISA = qw(Tie::Hash); |
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21 | |
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22 | sub new |
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23 | { |
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24 | my $pkg = shift ; |
25 | my %x ; |
26 | tie %x, $pkg ; |
27 | bless \%x, $pkg ; |
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28 | } |
29 | |
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30 | |
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31 | sub TIEHASH |
32 | { |
33 | my $pkg = shift ; |
34 | |
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35 | bless { VALID => { |
36 | bsize => 1, |
37 | ffactor => 1, |
38 | nelem => 1, |
39 | cachesize => 1, |
40 | hash => 2, |
41 | lorder => 1, |
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42 | }, |
43 | GOT => {} |
44 | }, $pkg ; |
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45 | } |
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46 | |
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47 | |
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48 | sub FETCH |
49 | { |
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50 | my $self = shift ; |
51 | my $key = shift ; |
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52 | |
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53 | return $self->{GOT}{$key} if exists $self->{VALID}{$key} ; |
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54 | |
55 | my $pkg = ref $self ; |
56 | croak "${pkg}::FETCH - Unknown element '$key'" ; |
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57 | } |
58 | |
59 | |
60 | sub STORE |
61 | { |
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62 | my $self = shift ; |
63 | my $key = shift ; |
64 | my $value = shift ; |
65 | |
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66 | my $type = $self->{VALID}{$key}; |
67 | |
68 | if ( $type ) |
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69 | { |
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70 | croak "Key '$key' not associated with a code reference" |
71 | if $type == 2 && !ref $value && ref $value ne 'CODE'; |
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72 | $self->{GOT}{$key} = $value ; |
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73 | return ; |
74 | } |
75 | |
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76 | my $pkg = ref $self ; |
77 | croak "${pkg}::STORE - Unknown element '$key'" ; |
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78 | } |
79 | |
80 | sub DELETE |
81 | { |
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82 | my $self = shift ; |
83 | my $key = shift ; |
84 | |
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85 | if ( exists $self->{VALID}{$key} ) |
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86 | { |
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87 | delete $self->{GOT}{$key} ; |
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88 | return ; |
89 | } |
90 | |
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91 | my $pkg = ref $self ; |
92 | croak "DB_File::HASHINFO::DELETE - Unknown element '$key'" ; |
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93 | } |
94 | |
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95 | sub EXISTS |
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96 | { |
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97 | my $self = shift ; |
98 | my $key = shift ; |
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99 | |
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100 | exists $self->{VALID}{$key} ; |
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101 | } |
102 | |
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103 | sub NotHere |
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104 | { |
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105 | my $self = shift ; |
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106 | my $method = shift ; |
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107 | |
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108 | croak ref($self) . " does not define the method ${method}" ; |
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109 | } |
110 | |
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111 | sub FIRSTKEY { my $self = shift ; $self->NotHere("FIRSTKEY") } |
112 | sub NEXTKEY { my $self = shift ; $self->NotHere("NEXTKEY") } |
113 | sub CLEAR { my $self = shift ; $self->NotHere("CLEAR") } |
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114 | |
115 | package DB_File::RECNOINFO ; |
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116 | |
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117 | use warnings; |
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118 | use strict ; |
119 | |
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120 | @DB_File::RECNOINFO::ISA = qw(DB_File::HASHINFO) ; |
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121 | |
122 | sub TIEHASH |
123 | { |
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124 | my $pkg = shift ; |
125 | |
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126 | bless { VALID => { map {$_, 1} |
127 | qw( bval cachesize psize flags lorder reclen bfname ) |
128 | }, |
129 | GOT => {}, |
130 | }, $pkg ; |
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131 | } |
132 | |
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133 | package DB_File::BTREEINFO ; |
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134 | |
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135 | use warnings; |
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136 | use strict ; |
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137 | |
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138 | @DB_File::BTREEINFO::ISA = qw(DB_File::HASHINFO) ; |
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139 | |
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140 | sub TIEHASH |
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141 | { |
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142 | my $pkg = shift ; |
143 | |
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144 | bless { VALID => { |
145 | flags => 1, |
146 | cachesize => 1, |
147 | maxkeypage => 1, |
148 | minkeypage => 1, |
149 | psize => 1, |
150 | compare => 2, |
151 | prefix => 2, |
152 | lorder => 1, |
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153 | }, |
154 | GOT => {}, |
155 | }, $pkg ; |
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156 | } |
157 | |
158 | |
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159 | package DB_File ; |
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160 | |
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161 | use warnings; |
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162 | use strict; |
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163 | our ($VERSION, @ISA, @EXPORT, $AUTOLOAD, $DB_BTREE, $DB_HASH, $DB_RECNO); |
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164 | our ($db_version, $use_XSLoader, $splice_end_array); |
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165 | use Carp; |
166 | |
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167 | |
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168 | $VERSION = "1.806" ; |
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169 | |
170 | { |
171 | local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {$splice_end_array = "@_";}; |
172 | my @a =(1); splice(@a, 3); |
173 | $splice_end_array = |
174 | ($splice_end_array =~ /^splice\(\) offset past end of array at /); |
175 | } |
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176 | |
177 | #typedef enum { DB_BTREE, DB_HASH, DB_RECNO } DBTYPE; |
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178 | $DB_BTREE = new DB_File::BTREEINFO ; |
179 | $DB_HASH = new DB_File::HASHINFO ; |
180 | $DB_RECNO = new DB_File::RECNOINFO ; |
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181 | |
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182 | require Tie::Hash; |
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183 | require Exporter; |
184 | use AutoLoader; |
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185 | BEGIN { |
186 | $use_XSLoader = 1 ; |
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187 | { local $SIG{__DIE__} ; eval { require XSLoader } ; } |
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188 | |
189 | if ($@) { |
190 | $use_XSLoader = 0 ; |
191 | require DynaLoader; |
192 | @ISA = qw(DynaLoader); |
193 | } |
194 | } |
195 | |
196 | push @ISA, qw(Tie::Hash Exporter); |
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197 | @EXPORT = qw( |
198 | $DB_BTREE $DB_HASH $DB_RECNO |
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199 | |
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200 | BTREEMAGIC |
201 | BTREEVERSION |
202 | DB_LOCK |
203 | DB_SHMEM |
204 | DB_TXN |
205 | HASHMAGIC |
206 | HASHVERSION |
207 | MAX_PAGE_NUMBER |
208 | MAX_PAGE_OFFSET |
209 | MAX_REC_NUMBER |
210 | RET_ERROR |
211 | RET_SPECIAL |
212 | RET_SUCCESS |
213 | R_CURSOR |
214 | R_DUP |
215 | R_FIRST |
216 | R_FIXEDLEN |
217 | R_IAFTER |
218 | R_IBEFORE |
219 | R_LAST |
220 | R_NEXT |
221 | R_NOKEY |
222 | R_NOOVERWRITE |
223 | R_PREV |
224 | R_RECNOSYNC |
225 | R_SETCURSOR |
226 | R_SNAPSHOT |
227 | __R_UNUSED |
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228 | |
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229 | ); |
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230 | |
231 | sub AUTOLOAD { |
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232 | my($constname); |
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233 | ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://; |
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234 | my ($error, $val) = constant($constname); |
235 | Carp::croak $error if $error; |
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236 | no strict 'refs'; |
237 | *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub { $val }; |
238 | goto &{$AUTOLOAD}; |
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239 | } |
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240 | |
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241 | |
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242 | eval { |
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243 | # Make all Fcntl O_XXX constants available for importing |
244 | require Fcntl; |
245 | my @O = grep /^O_/, @Fcntl::EXPORT; |
246 | Fcntl->import(@O); # first we import what we want to export |
247 | push(@EXPORT, @O); |
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248 | }; |
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249 | |
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250 | if ($use_XSLoader) |
251 | { XSLoader::load("DB_File", $VERSION)} |
252 | else |
253 | { bootstrap DB_File $VERSION } |
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254 | |
255 | # Preloaded methods go here. Autoload methods go after __END__, and are |
256 | # processed by the autosplit program. |
257 | |
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258 | sub tie_hash_or_array |
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259 | { |
260 | my (@arg) = @_ ; |
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261 | my $tieHASH = ( (caller(1))[3] =~ /TIEHASH/ ) ; |
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262 | |
263 | $arg[4] = tied %{ $arg[4] } |
264 | if @arg >= 5 && ref $arg[4] && $arg[4] =~ /=HASH/ && tied %{ $arg[4] } ; |
265 | |
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266 | $arg[2] = O_CREAT()|O_RDWR() if @arg >=3 && ! defined $arg[2]; |
267 | $arg[3] = 0666 if @arg >=4 && ! defined $arg[3]; |
268 | |
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269 | # make recno in Berkeley DB version 2 work like recno in version 1. |
270 | if ($db_version > 1 and defined $arg[4] and $arg[4] =~ /RECNO/ and |
271 | $arg[1] and ! -e $arg[1]) { |
272 | open(FH, ">$arg[1]") or return undef ; |
273 | close FH ; |
274 | chmod $arg[3] ? $arg[3] : 0666 , $arg[1] ; |
275 | } |
276 | |
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277 | DoTie_($tieHASH, @arg) ; |
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278 | } |
279 | |
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280 | sub TIEHASH |
281 | { |
282 | tie_hash_or_array(@_) ; |
283 | } |
284 | |
285 | sub TIEARRAY |
286 | { |
287 | tie_hash_or_array(@_) ; |
288 | } |
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289 | |
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290 | sub CLEAR |
291 | { |
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292 | my $self = shift; |
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293 | my $key = 0 ; |
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294 | my $value = "" ; |
295 | my $status = $self->seq($key, $value, R_FIRST()); |
296 | my @keys; |
297 | |
298 | while ($status == 0) { |
299 | push @keys, $key; |
300 | $status = $self->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT()); |
301 | } |
302 | foreach $key (reverse @keys) { |
303 | my $s = $self->del($key); |
304 | } |
305 | } |
306 | |
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307 | sub EXTEND { } |
308 | |
309 | sub STORESIZE |
310 | { |
311 | my $self = shift; |
312 | my $length = shift ; |
313 | my $current_length = $self->length() ; |
314 | |
315 | if ($length < $current_length) { |
316 | my $key ; |
317 | for ($key = $current_length - 1 ; $key >= $length ; -- $key) |
318 | { $self->del($key) } |
319 | } |
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320 | elsif ($length > $current_length) { |
321 | $self->put($length-1, "") ; |
322 | } |
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323 | } |
324 | |
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325 | |
326 | sub SPLICE |
327 | { |
328 | my $self = shift; |
329 | my $offset = shift; |
330 | if (not defined $offset) { |
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331 | warnings::warnif('uninitialized', 'Use of uninitialized value in splice'); |
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332 | $offset = 0; |
333 | } |
334 | |
335 | my $length = @_ ? shift : 0; |
336 | # Carping about definedness comes _after_ the OFFSET sanity check. |
337 | # This is so we get the same error messages as Perl's splice(). |
338 | # |
339 | |
340 | my @list = @_; |
341 | |
342 | my $size = $self->FETCHSIZE(); |
343 | |
344 | # 'If OFFSET is negative then it start that far from the end of |
345 | # the array.' |
346 | # |
347 | if ($offset < 0) { |
348 | my $new_offset = $size + $offset; |
349 | if ($new_offset < 0) { |
350 | die "Modification of non-creatable array value attempted, " |
351 | . "subscript $offset"; |
352 | } |
353 | $offset = $new_offset; |
354 | } |
355 | |
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356 | if (not defined $length) { |
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357 | warnings::warnif('uninitialized', 'Use of uninitialized value in splice'); |
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358 | $length = 0; |
359 | } |
360 | |
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361 | if ($offset > $size) { |
362 | $offset = $size; |
363 | warnings::warnif('misc', 'splice() offset past end of array') |
364 | if $splice_end_array; |
365 | } |
366 | |
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367 | # 'If LENGTH is omitted, removes everything from OFFSET onward.' |
368 | if (not defined $length) { |
369 | $length = $size - $offset; |
370 | } |
371 | |
372 | # 'If LENGTH is negative, leave that many elements off the end of |
373 | # the array.' |
374 | # |
375 | if ($length < 0) { |
376 | $length = $size - $offset + $length; |
377 | |
378 | if ($length < 0) { |
379 | # The user must have specified a length bigger than the |
380 | # length of the array passed in. But perl's splice() |
381 | # doesn't catch this, it just behaves as for length=0. |
382 | # |
383 | $length = 0; |
384 | } |
385 | } |
386 | |
387 | if ($length > $size - $offset) { |
388 | $length = $size - $offset; |
389 | } |
390 | |
391 | # $num_elems holds the current number of elements in the database. |
392 | my $num_elems = $size; |
393 | |
394 | # 'Removes the elements designated by OFFSET and LENGTH from an |
395 | # array,'... |
396 | # |
397 | my @removed = (); |
398 | foreach (0 .. $length - 1) { |
399 | my $old; |
400 | my $status = $self->get($offset, $old); |
401 | if ($status != 0) { |
402 | my $msg = "error from Berkeley DB on get($offset, \$old)"; |
403 | if ($status == 1) { |
404 | $msg .= ' (no such element?)'; |
405 | } |
406 | else { |
407 | $msg .= ": error status $status"; |
408 | if (defined $! and $! ne '') { |
409 | $msg .= ", message $!"; |
410 | } |
411 | } |
412 | die $msg; |
413 | } |
414 | push @removed, $old; |
415 | |
416 | $status = $self->del($offset); |
417 | if ($status != 0) { |
418 | my $msg = "error from Berkeley DB on del($offset)"; |
419 | if ($status == 1) { |
420 | $msg .= ' (no such element?)'; |
421 | } |
422 | else { |
423 | $msg .= ": error status $status"; |
424 | if (defined $! and $! ne '') { |
425 | $msg .= ", message $!"; |
426 | } |
427 | } |
428 | die $msg; |
429 | } |
430 | |
431 | -- $num_elems; |
432 | } |
433 | |
434 | # ...'and replaces them with the elements of LIST, if any.' |
435 | my $pos = $offset; |
436 | while (defined (my $elem = shift @list)) { |
437 | my $old_pos = $pos; |
438 | my $status; |
439 | if ($pos >= $num_elems) { |
440 | $status = $self->put($pos, $elem); |
441 | } |
442 | else { |
443 | $status = $self->put($pos, $elem, $self->R_IBEFORE); |
444 | } |
445 | |
446 | if ($status != 0) { |
447 | my $msg = "error from Berkeley DB on put($pos, $elem, ...)"; |
448 | if ($status == 1) { |
449 | $msg .= ' (no such element?)'; |
450 | } |
451 | else { |
452 | $msg .= ", error status $status"; |
453 | if (defined $! and $! ne '') { |
454 | $msg .= ", message $!"; |
455 | } |
456 | } |
457 | die $msg; |
458 | } |
459 | |
460 | die "pos unexpectedly changed from $old_pos to $pos with R_IBEFORE" |
461 | if $old_pos != $pos; |
462 | |
463 | ++ $pos; |
464 | ++ $num_elems; |
465 | } |
466 | |
467 | if (wantarray) { |
468 | # 'In list context, returns the elements removed from the |
469 | # array.' |
470 | # |
471 | return @removed; |
472 | } |
473 | elsif (defined wantarray and not wantarray) { |
474 | # 'In scalar context, returns the last element removed, or |
475 | # undef if no elements are removed.' |
476 | # |
477 | if (@removed) { |
478 | my $last = pop @removed; |
479 | return "$last"; |
480 | } |
481 | else { |
482 | return undef; |
483 | } |
484 | } |
485 | elsif (not defined wantarray) { |
486 | # Void context |
487 | } |
488 | else { die } |
489 | } |
490 | sub ::DB_File::splice { &SPLICE } |
491 | |
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492 | sub find_dup |
493 | { |
494 | croak "Usage: \$db->find_dup(key,value)\n" |
495 | unless @_ == 3 ; |
496 | |
497 | my $db = shift ; |
498 | my ($origkey, $value_wanted) = @_ ; |
499 | my ($key, $value) = ($origkey, 0); |
500 | my ($status) = 0 ; |
501 | |
502 | for ($status = $db->seq($key, $value, R_CURSOR() ) ; |
503 | $status == 0 ; |
504 | $status = $db->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT() ) ) { |
505 | |
506 | return 0 if $key eq $origkey and $value eq $value_wanted ; |
507 | } |
508 | |
509 | return $status ; |
510 | } |
511 | |
512 | sub del_dup |
513 | { |
514 | croak "Usage: \$db->del_dup(key,value)\n" |
515 | unless @_ == 3 ; |
516 | |
517 | my $db = shift ; |
518 | my ($key, $value) = @_ ; |
519 | my ($status) = $db->find_dup($key, $value) ; |
520 | return $status if $status != 0 ; |
521 | |
522 | $status = $db->del($key, R_CURSOR() ) ; |
523 | return $status ; |
524 | } |
525 | |
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526 | sub get_dup |
527 | { |
528 | croak "Usage: \$db->get_dup(key [,flag])\n" |
529 | unless @_ == 2 or @_ == 3 ; |
530 | |
531 | my $db = shift ; |
532 | my $key = shift ; |
533 | my $flag = shift ; |
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534 | my $value = 0 ; |
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535 | my $origkey = $key ; |
536 | my $wantarray = wantarray ; |
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537 | my %values = () ; |
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538 | my @values = () ; |
539 | my $counter = 0 ; |
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540 | my $status = 0 ; |
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541 | |
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542 | # iterate through the database until either EOF ($status == 0) |
543 | # or a different key is encountered ($key ne $origkey). |
544 | for ($status = $db->seq($key, $value, R_CURSOR()) ; |
545 | $status == 0 and $key eq $origkey ; |
546 | $status = $db->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT()) ) { |
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547 | |
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548 | # save the value or count number of matches |
549 | if ($wantarray) { |
550 | if ($flag) |
551 | { ++ $values{$value} } |
552 | else |
553 | { push (@values, $value) } |
554 | } |
555 | else |
556 | { ++ $counter } |
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557 | |
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558 | } |
559 | |
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560 | return ($wantarray ? ($flag ? %values : @values) : $counter) ; |
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561 | } |
562 | |
563 | |
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564 | 1; |
565 | __END__ |
566 | |
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567 | =head1 NAME |
568 | |
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569 | DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x |
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570 | |
571 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
572 | |
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573 | use DB_File; |
574 | |
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575 | [$X =] tie %hash, 'DB_File', [$filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_HASH] ; |
576 | [$X =] tie %hash, 'DB_File', $filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_BTREE ; |
577 | [$X =] tie @array, 'DB_File', $filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_RECNO ; |
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578 | |
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579 | $status = $X->del($key [, $flags]) ; |
580 | $status = $X->put($key, $value [, $flags]) ; |
581 | $status = $X->get($key, $value [, $flags]) ; |
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582 | $status = $X->seq($key, $value, $flags) ; |
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583 | $status = $X->sync([$flags]) ; |
584 | $status = $X->fd ; |
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585 | |
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586 | # BTREE only |
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587 | $count = $X->get_dup($key) ; |
588 | @list = $X->get_dup($key) ; |
589 | %list = $X->get_dup($key, 1) ; |
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590 | $status = $X->find_dup($key, $value) ; |
591 | $status = $X->del_dup($key, $value) ; |
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592 | |
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593 | # RECNO only |
594 | $a = $X->length; |
595 | $a = $X->pop ; |
596 | $X->push(list); |
597 | $a = $X->shift; |
598 | $X->unshift(list); |
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599 | @r = $X->splice(offset, length, elements); |
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600 | |
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601 | # DBM Filters |
602 | $old_filter = $db->filter_store_key ( sub { ... } ) ; |
603 | $old_filter = $db->filter_store_value( sub { ... } ) ; |
604 | $old_filter = $db->filter_fetch_key ( sub { ... } ) ; |
605 | $old_filter = $db->filter_fetch_value( sub { ... } ) ; |
606 | |
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607 | untie %hash ; |
608 | untie @array ; |
609 | |
610 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
611 | |
8e07c86e |
612 | B<DB_File> is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the |
1f70e1ea |
613 | facilities provided by Berkeley DB version 1.x (if you have a newer |
0d735f06 |
614 | version of DB, see L<Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater>). |
039d031f |
615 | It is assumed that you have a copy of the Berkeley DB manual pages at |
616 | hand when reading this documentation. The interface defined here |
617 | mirrors the Berkeley DB interface closely. |
68dc0745 |
618 | |
8e07c86e |
619 | Berkeley DB is a C library which provides a consistent interface to a |
620 | number of database formats. B<DB_File> provides an interface to all |
621 | three of the database types currently supported by Berkeley DB. |
3b35bae3 |
622 | |
623 | The file types are: |
624 | |
625 | =over 5 |
626 | |
88108326 |
627 | =item B<DB_HASH> |
3b35bae3 |
628 | |
88108326 |
629 | This database type allows arbitrary key/value pairs to be stored in data |
8e07c86e |
630 | files. This is equivalent to the functionality provided by other |
631 | hashing packages like DBM, NDBM, ODBM, GDBM, and SDBM. Remember though, |
632 | the files created using DB_HASH are not compatible with any of the |
633 | other packages mentioned. |
3b35bae3 |
634 | |
8e07c86e |
635 | A default hashing algorithm, which will be adequate for most |
636 | applications, is built into Berkeley DB. If you do need to use your own |
637 | hashing algorithm it is possible to write your own in Perl and have |
638 | B<DB_File> use it instead. |
3b35bae3 |
639 | |
88108326 |
640 | =item B<DB_BTREE> |
641 | |
642 | The btree format allows arbitrary key/value pairs to be stored in a |
8e07c86e |
643 | sorted, balanced binary tree. |
3b35bae3 |
644 | |
8e07c86e |
645 | As with the DB_HASH format, it is possible to provide a user defined |
646 | Perl routine to perform the comparison of keys. By default, though, the |
647 | keys are stored in lexical order. |
3b35bae3 |
648 | |
88108326 |
649 | =item B<DB_RECNO> |
3b35bae3 |
650 | |
8e07c86e |
651 | DB_RECNO allows both fixed-length and variable-length flat text files |
652 | to be manipulated using the same key/value pair interface as in DB_HASH |
653 | and DB_BTREE. In this case the key will consist of a record (line) |
654 | number. |
3b35bae3 |
655 | |
656 | =back |
657 | |
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658 | =head2 Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater |
1f70e1ea |
659 | |
660 | Although B<DB_File> is intended to be used with Berkeley DB version 1, |
e5021521 |
661 | it can also be used with version 2, 3 or 4. In this case the interface is |
1f70e1ea |
662 | limited to the functionality provided by Berkeley DB 1.x. Anywhere the |
e5021521 |
663 | version 2 or greater interface differs, B<DB_File> arranges for it to work |
039d031f |
664 | like version 1. This feature allows B<DB_File> scripts that were built |
e5021521 |
665 | with version 1 to be migrated to version 2 or greater without any changes. |
1f70e1ea |
666 | |
667 | If you want to make use of the new features available in Berkeley DB |
b90e71be |
668 | 2.x or greater, use the Perl module B<BerkeleyDB> instead. |
1f70e1ea |
669 | |
e5021521 |
670 | B<Note:> The database file format has changed multiple times in Berkeley |
671 | DB version 2, 3 and 4. If you cannot recreate your databases, you |
672 | must dump any existing databases with either the C<db_dump> or the |
673 | C<db_dump185> utility that comes with Berkeley DB. |
674 | Once you have rebuilt DB_File to use Berkeley DB version 2 or greater, |
675 | your databases can be recreated using C<db_load>. Refer to the Berkeley DB |
1f70e1ea |
676 | documentation for further details. |
677 | |
e5021521 |
678 | Please read L<"COPYRIGHT"> before using version 2.x or greater of Berkeley |
039d031f |
679 | DB with DB_File. |
1f70e1ea |
680 | |
68dc0745 |
681 | =head2 Interface to Berkeley DB |
3b35bae3 |
682 | |
683 | B<DB_File> allows access to Berkeley DB files using the tie() mechanism |
8e07c86e |
684 | in Perl 5 (for full details, see L<perlfunc/tie()>). This facility |
685 | allows B<DB_File> to access Berkeley DB files using either an |
686 | associative array (for DB_HASH & DB_BTREE file types) or an ordinary |
687 | array (for the DB_RECNO file type). |
3b35bae3 |
688 | |
88108326 |
689 | In addition to the tie() interface, it is also possible to access most |
690 | of the functions provided in the Berkeley DB API directly. |
f6b705ef |
691 | See L<THE API INTERFACE>. |
3b35bae3 |
692 | |
88108326 |
693 | =head2 Opening a Berkeley DB Database File |
3b35bae3 |
694 | |
8e07c86e |
695 | Berkeley DB uses the function dbopen() to open or create a database. |
f6b705ef |
696 | Here is the C prototype for dbopen(): |
3b35bae3 |
697 | |
698 | DB* |
699 | dbopen (const char * file, int flags, int mode, |
700 | DBTYPE type, const void * openinfo) |
701 | |
702 | The parameter C<type> is an enumeration which specifies which of the 3 |
703 | interface methods (DB_HASH, DB_BTREE or DB_RECNO) is to be used. |
704 | Depending on which of these is actually chosen, the final parameter, |
705 | I<openinfo> points to a data structure which allows tailoring of the |
706 | specific interface method. |
707 | |
8e07c86e |
708 | This interface is handled slightly differently in B<DB_File>. Here is |
88108326 |
709 | an equivalent call using B<DB_File>: |
3b35bae3 |
710 | |
88108326 |
711 | tie %array, 'DB_File', $filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_HASH ; |
3b35bae3 |
712 | |
8e07c86e |
713 | The C<filename>, C<flags> and C<mode> parameters are the direct |
714 | equivalent of their dbopen() counterparts. The final parameter $DB_HASH |
715 | performs the function of both the C<type> and C<openinfo> parameters in |
716 | dbopen(). |
3b35bae3 |
717 | |
88108326 |
718 | In the example above $DB_HASH is actually a pre-defined reference to a |
719 | hash object. B<DB_File> has three of these pre-defined references. |
720 | Apart from $DB_HASH, there is also $DB_BTREE and $DB_RECNO. |
3b35bae3 |
721 | |
8e07c86e |
722 | The keys allowed in each of these pre-defined references is limited to |
723 | the names used in the equivalent C structure. So, for example, the |
724 | $DB_HASH reference will only allow keys called C<bsize>, C<cachesize>, |
88108326 |
725 | C<ffactor>, C<hash>, C<lorder> and C<nelem>. |
726 | |
727 | To change one of these elements, just assign to it like this: |
728 | |
729 | $DB_HASH->{'cachesize'} = 10000 ; |
730 | |
731 | The three predefined variables $DB_HASH, $DB_BTREE and $DB_RECNO are |
732 | usually adequate for most applications. If you do need to create extra |
733 | instances of these objects, constructors are available for each file |
734 | type. |
735 | |
736 | Here are examples of the constructors and the valid options available |
737 | for DB_HASH, DB_BTREE and DB_RECNO respectively. |
738 | |
739 | $a = new DB_File::HASHINFO ; |
740 | $a->{'bsize'} ; |
741 | $a->{'cachesize'} ; |
742 | $a->{'ffactor'}; |
743 | $a->{'hash'} ; |
744 | $a->{'lorder'} ; |
745 | $a->{'nelem'} ; |
746 | |
747 | $b = new DB_File::BTREEINFO ; |
748 | $b->{'flags'} ; |
749 | $b->{'cachesize'} ; |
750 | $b->{'maxkeypage'} ; |
751 | $b->{'minkeypage'} ; |
752 | $b->{'psize'} ; |
753 | $b->{'compare'} ; |
754 | $b->{'prefix'} ; |
755 | $b->{'lorder'} ; |
756 | |
757 | $c = new DB_File::RECNOINFO ; |
758 | $c->{'bval'} ; |
759 | $c->{'cachesize'} ; |
760 | $c->{'psize'} ; |
761 | $c->{'flags'} ; |
762 | $c->{'lorder'} ; |
763 | $c->{'reclen'} ; |
764 | $c->{'bfname'} ; |
765 | |
766 | The values stored in the hashes above are mostly the direct equivalent |
767 | of their C counterpart. Like their C counterparts, all are set to a |
f6b705ef |
768 | default values - that means you don't have to set I<all> of the |
88108326 |
769 | values when you only want to change one. Here is an example: |
770 | |
771 | $a = new DB_File::HASHINFO ; |
772 | $a->{'cachesize'} = 12345 ; |
773 | tie %y, 'DB_File', "filename", $flags, 0777, $a ; |
774 | |
36477c24 |
775 | A few of the options need extra discussion here. When used, the C |
88108326 |
776 | equivalent of the keys C<hash>, C<compare> and C<prefix> store pointers |
777 | to C functions. In B<DB_File> these keys are used to store references |
778 | to Perl subs. Below are templates for each of the subs: |
779 | |
780 | sub hash |
781 | { |
782 | my ($data) = @_ ; |
783 | ... |
784 | # return the hash value for $data |
785 | return $hash ; |
786 | } |
3b35bae3 |
787 | |
88108326 |
788 | sub compare |
789 | { |
790 | my ($key, $key2) = @_ ; |
791 | ... |
792 | # return 0 if $key1 eq $key2 |
793 | # -1 if $key1 lt $key2 |
794 | # 1 if $key1 gt $key2 |
795 | return (-1 , 0 or 1) ; |
796 | } |
3b35bae3 |
797 | |
88108326 |
798 | sub prefix |
799 | { |
800 | my ($key, $key2) = @_ ; |
801 | ... |
802 | # return number of bytes of $key2 which are |
803 | # necessary to determine that it is greater than $key1 |
804 | return $bytes ; |
805 | } |
3b35bae3 |
806 | |
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807 | See L<Changing the BTREE sort order> for an example of using the |
808 | C<compare> template. |
88108326 |
809 | |
36477c24 |
810 | If you are using the DB_RECNO interface and you intend making use of |
9a2c4ce3 |
811 | C<bval>, you should check out L<The 'bval' Option>. |
36477c24 |
812 | |
88108326 |
813 | =head2 Default Parameters |
814 | |
815 | It is possible to omit some or all of the final 4 parameters in the |
816 | call to C<tie> and let them take default values. As DB_HASH is the most |
817 | common file format used, the call: |
818 | |
819 | tie %A, "DB_File", "filename" ; |
820 | |
821 | is equivalent to: |
822 | |
18d2dc8c |
823 | tie %A, "DB_File", "filename", O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_HASH ; |
88108326 |
824 | |
825 | It is also possible to omit the filename parameter as well, so the |
826 | call: |
827 | |
828 | tie %A, "DB_File" ; |
829 | |
830 | is equivalent to: |
831 | |
18d2dc8c |
832 | tie %A, "DB_File", undef, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_HASH ; |
88108326 |
833 | |
f6b705ef |
834 | See L<In Memory Databases> for a discussion on the use of C<undef> |
88108326 |
835 | in place of a filename. |
836 | |
f6b705ef |
837 | =head2 In Memory Databases |
838 | |
839 | Berkeley DB allows the creation of in-memory databases by using NULL |
840 | (that is, a C<(char *)0> in C) in place of the filename. B<DB_File> |
841 | uses C<undef> instead of NULL to provide this functionality. |
842 | |
843 | =head1 DB_HASH |
844 | |
845 | The DB_HASH file format is probably the most commonly used of the three |
846 | file formats that B<DB_File> supports. It is also very straightforward |
847 | to use. |
848 | |
68dc0745 |
849 | =head2 A Simple Example |
f6b705ef |
850 | |
851 | This example shows how to create a database, add key/value pairs to the |
852 | database, delete keys/value pairs and finally how to enumerate the |
853 | contents of the database. |
854 | |
3245f058 |
855 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
856 | use strict ; |
f6b705ef |
857 | use DB_File ; |
07200f1b |
858 | our (%h, $k, $v) ; |
f6b705ef |
859 | |
2c2d71f5 |
860 | unlink "fruit" ; |
45a340cb |
861 | tie %h, "DB_File", "fruit", O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_HASH |
f6b705ef |
862 | or die "Cannot open file 'fruit': $!\n"; |
863 | |
864 | # Add a few key/value pairs to the file |
865 | $h{"apple"} = "red" ; |
866 | $h{"orange"} = "orange" ; |
867 | $h{"banana"} = "yellow" ; |
868 | $h{"tomato"} = "red" ; |
869 | |
870 | # Check for existence of a key |
871 | print "Banana Exists\n\n" if $h{"banana"} ; |
872 | |
873 | # Delete a key/value pair. |
874 | delete $h{"apple"} ; |
875 | |
876 | # print the contents of the file |
877 | while (($k, $v) = each %h) |
878 | { print "$k -> $v\n" } |
879 | |
880 | untie %h ; |
881 | |
882 | here is the output: |
883 | |
884 | Banana Exists |
bbc7dcd2 |
885 | |
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886 | orange -> orange |
887 | tomato -> red |
888 | banana -> yellow |
889 | |
890 | Note that the like ordinary associative arrays, the order of the keys |
891 | retrieved is in an apparently random order. |
892 | |
893 | =head1 DB_BTREE |
894 | |
895 | The DB_BTREE format is useful when you want to store data in a given |
896 | order. By default the keys will be stored in lexical order, but as you |
897 | will see from the example shown in the next section, it is very easy to |
898 | define your own sorting function. |
899 | |
900 | =head2 Changing the BTREE sort order |
901 | |
902 | This script shows how to override the default sorting algorithm that |
903 | BTREE uses. Instead of using the normal lexical ordering, a case |
904 | insensitive compare function will be used. |
88108326 |
905 | |
3245f058 |
906 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
907 | use strict ; |
f6b705ef |
908 | use DB_File ; |
610ab055 |
909 | |
910 | my %h ; |
f6b705ef |
911 | |
912 | sub Compare |
913 | { |
914 | my ($key1, $key2) = @_ ; |
915 | "\L$key1" cmp "\L$key2" ; |
916 | } |
917 | |
918 | # specify the Perl sub that will do the comparison |
919 | $DB_BTREE->{'compare'} = \&Compare ; |
920 | |
2c2d71f5 |
921 | unlink "tree" ; |
45a340cb |
922 | tie %h, "DB_File", "tree", O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
f6b705ef |
923 | or die "Cannot open file 'tree': $!\n" ; |
924 | |
925 | # Add a key/value pair to the file |
926 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Larry' ; |
927 | $h{'Smith'} = 'John' ; |
928 | $h{'mouse'} = 'mickey' ; |
929 | $h{'duck'} = 'donald' ; |
930 | |
931 | # Delete |
932 | delete $h{"duck"} ; |
933 | |
934 | # Cycle through the keys printing them in order. |
935 | # Note it is not necessary to sort the keys as |
936 | # the btree will have kept them in order automatically. |
937 | foreach (keys %h) |
938 | { print "$_\n" } |
939 | |
940 | untie %h ; |
941 | |
942 | Here is the output from the code above. |
943 | |
944 | mouse |
945 | Smith |
946 | Wall |
947 | |
948 | There are a few point to bear in mind if you want to change the |
949 | ordering in a BTREE database: |
950 | |
951 | =over 5 |
952 | |
953 | =item 1. |
954 | |
955 | The new compare function must be specified when you create the database. |
956 | |
957 | =item 2. |
958 | |
959 | You cannot change the ordering once the database has been created. Thus |
960 | you must use the same compare function every time you access the |
88108326 |
961 | database. |
962 | |
39793c41 |
963 | =item 3 |
964 | |
965 | Duplicate keys are entirely defined by the comparison function. |
966 | In the case-insensitive example above, the keys: 'KEY' and 'key' |
967 | would be considered duplicates, and assigning to the second one |
52ffee89 |
968 | would overwrite the first. If duplicates are allowed for (with the |
59e51af5 |
969 | R_DUP flag discussed below), only a single copy of duplicate keys |
39793c41 |
970 | is stored in the database --- so (again with example above) assigning |
971 | three values to the keys: 'KEY', 'Key', and 'key' would leave just |
972 | the first key: 'KEY' in the database with three values. For some |
973 | situations this results in information loss, so care should be taken |
974 | to provide fully qualified comparison functions when necessary. |
975 | For example, the above comparison routine could be modified to |
976 | additionally compare case-sensitively if two keys are equal in the |
977 | case insensitive comparison: |
978 | |
979 | sub compare { |
980 | my($key1, $key2) = @_; |
981 | lc $key1 cmp lc $key2 || |
982 | $key1 cmp $key2; |
983 | } |
984 | |
985 | And now you will only have duplicates when the keys themselves |
986 | are truly the same. (note: in versions of the db library prior to |
987 | about November 1996, such duplicate keys were retained so it was |
988 | possible to recover the original keys in sets of keys that |
989 | compared as equal). |
990 | |
991 | |
f6b705ef |
992 | =back |
993 | |
68dc0745 |
994 | =head2 Handling Duplicate Keys |
f6b705ef |
995 | |
996 | The BTREE file type optionally allows a single key to be associated |
997 | with an arbitrary number of values. This option is enabled by setting |
998 | the flags element of C<$DB_BTREE> to R_DUP when creating the database. |
999 | |
88108326 |
1000 | There are some difficulties in using the tied hash interface if you |
1001 | want to manipulate a BTREE database with duplicate keys. Consider this |
1002 | code: |
1003 | |
3245f058 |
1004 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
1005 | use strict ; |
88108326 |
1006 | use DB_File ; |
610ab055 |
1007 | |
962cee9f |
1008 | my ($filename, %h) ; |
610ab055 |
1009 | |
88108326 |
1010 | $filename = "tree" ; |
1011 | unlink $filename ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1012 | |
88108326 |
1013 | # Enable duplicate records |
1014 | $DB_BTREE->{'flags'} = R_DUP ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1015 | |
45a340cb |
1016 | tie %h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
88108326 |
1017 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n"; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1018 | |
88108326 |
1019 | # Add some key/value pairs to the file |
1020 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Larry' ; |
1021 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Brick' ; # Note the duplicate key |
f6b705ef |
1022 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Brick' ; # Note the duplicate key and value |
88108326 |
1023 | $h{'Smith'} = 'John' ; |
1024 | $h{'mouse'} = 'mickey' ; |
1025 | |
1026 | # iterate through the associative array |
1027 | # and print each key/value pair. |
2c2d71f5 |
1028 | foreach (sort keys %h) |
88108326 |
1029 | { print "$_ -> $h{$_}\n" } |
1030 | |
f6b705ef |
1031 | untie %h ; |
1032 | |
88108326 |
1033 | Here is the output: |
1034 | |
1035 | Smith -> John |
1036 | Wall -> Larry |
1037 | Wall -> Larry |
f6b705ef |
1038 | Wall -> Larry |
88108326 |
1039 | mouse -> mickey |
1040 | |
f6b705ef |
1041 | As you can see 3 records have been successfully created with key C<Wall> |
88108326 |
1042 | - the only thing is, when they are retrieved from the database they |
f6b705ef |
1043 | I<seem> to have the same value, namely C<Larry>. The problem is caused |
1044 | by the way that the associative array interface works. Basically, when |
1045 | the associative array interface is used to fetch the value associated |
1046 | with a given key, it will only ever retrieve the first value. |
88108326 |
1047 | |
1048 | Although it may not be immediately obvious from the code above, the |
1049 | associative array interface can be used to write values with duplicate |
1050 | keys, but it cannot be used to read them back from the database. |
1051 | |
1052 | The way to get around this problem is to use the Berkeley DB API method |
1053 | called C<seq>. This method allows sequential access to key/value |
f6b705ef |
1054 | pairs. See L<THE API INTERFACE> for details of both the C<seq> method |
1055 | and the API in general. |
88108326 |
1056 | |
1057 | Here is the script above rewritten using the C<seq> API method. |
1058 | |
3245f058 |
1059 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
1060 | use strict ; |
88108326 |
1061 | use DB_File ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1062 | |
962cee9f |
1063 | my ($filename, $x, %h, $status, $key, $value) ; |
610ab055 |
1064 | |
88108326 |
1065 | $filename = "tree" ; |
1066 | unlink $filename ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1067 | |
88108326 |
1068 | # Enable duplicate records |
1069 | $DB_BTREE->{'flags'} = R_DUP ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1070 | |
45a340cb |
1071 | $x = tie %h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
88108326 |
1072 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n"; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1073 | |
88108326 |
1074 | # Add some key/value pairs to the file |
1075 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Larry' ; |
1076 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Brick' ; # Note the duplicate key |
f6b705ef |
1077 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Brick' ; # Note the duplicate key and value |
88108326 |
1078 | $h{'Smith'} = 'John' ; |
1079 | $h{'mouse'} = 'mickey' ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1080 | |
f6b705ef |
1081 | # iterate through the btree using seq |
88108326 |
1082 | # and print each key/value pair. |
610ab055 |
1083 | $key = $value = 0 ; |
f6b705ef |
1084 | for ($status = $x->seq($key, $value, R_FIRST) ; |
1085 | $status == 0 ; |
1086 | $status = $x->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT) ) |
88108326 |
1087 | { print "$key -> $value\n" } |
bbc7dcd2 |
1088 | |
88108326 |
1089 | undef $x ; |
1090 | untie %h ; |
1091 | |
1092 | that prints: |
1093 | |
1094 | Smith -> John |
1095 | Wall -> Brick |
f6b705ef |
1096 | Wall -> Brick |
88108326 |
1097 | Wall -> Larry |
1098 | mouse -> mickey |
1099 | |
f6b705ef |
1100 | This time we have got all the key/value pairs, including the multiple |
88108326 |
1101 | values associated with the key C<Wall>. |
1102 | |
6ca2e664 |
1103 | To make life easier when dealing with duplicate keys, B<DB_File> comes with |
1104 | a few utility methods. |
1105 | |
68dc0745 |
1106 | =head2 The get_dup() Method |
f6b705ef |
1107 | |
6ca2e664 |
1108 | The C<get_dup> method assists in |
88108326 |
1109 | reading duplicate values from BTREE databases. The method can take the |
1110 | following forms: |
1111 | |
1112 | $count = $x->get_dup($key) ; |
1113 | @list = $x->get_dup($key) ; |
1114 | %list = $x->get_dup($key, 1) ; |
1115 | |
1116 | In a scalar context the method returns the number of values associated |
1117 | with the key, C<$key>. |
1118 | |
1119 | In list context, it returns all the values which match C<$key>. Note |
f6b705ef |
1120 | that the values will be returned in an apparently random order. |
88108326 |
1121 | |
7a2e2cd6 |
1122 | In list context, if the second parameter is present and evaluates |
1123 | TRUE, the method returns an associative array. The keys of the |
1124 | associative array correspond to the values that matched in the BTREE |
1125 | and the values of the array are a count of the number of times that |
1126 | particular value occurred in the BTREE. |
88108326 |
1127 | |
f6b705ef |
1128 | So assuming the database created above, we can use C<get_dup> like |
88108326 |
1129 | this: |
1130 | |
3245f058 |
1131 | use warnings ; |
2c2d71f5 |
1132 | use strict ; |
1133 | use DB_File ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1134 | |
962cee9f |
1135 | my ($filename, $x, %h) ; |
2c2d71f5 |
1136 | |
1137 | $filename = "tree" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1138 | |
2c2d71f5 |
1139 | # Enable duplicate records |
1140 | $DB_BTREE->{'flags'} = R_DUP ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1141 | |
45a340cb |
1142 | $x = tie %h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
2c2d71f5 |
1143 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n"; |
1144 | |
610ab055 |
1145 | my $cnt = $x->get_dup("Wall") ; |
88108326 |
1146 | print "Wall occurred $cnt times\n" ; |
1147 | |
610ab055 |
1148 | my %hash = $x->get_dup("Wall", 1) ; |
88108326 |
1149 | print "Larry is there\n" if $hash{'Larry'} ; |
f6b705ef |
1150 | print "There are $hash{'Brick'} Brick Walls\n" ; |
88108326 |
1151 | |
2c2d71f5 |
1152 | my @list = sort $x->get_dup("Wall") ; |
88108326 |
1153 | print "Wall => [@list]\n" ; |
1154 | |
f6b705ef |
1155 | @list = $x->get_dup("Smith") ; |
88108326 |
1156 | print "Smith => [@list]\n" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1157 | |
f6b705ef |
1158 | @list = $x->get_dup("Dog") ; |
88108326 |
1159 | print "Dog => [@list]\n" ; |
1160 | |
1161 | |
1162 | and it will print: |
1163 | |
f6b705ef |
1164 | Wall occurred 3 times |
88108326 |
1165 | Larry is there |
f6b705ef |
1166 | There are 2 Brick Walls |
1167 | Wall => [Brick Brick Larry] |
88108326 |
1168 | Smith => [John] |
1169 | Dog => [] |
3b35bae3 |
1170 | |
6ca2e664 |
1171 | =head2 The find_dup() Method |
1172 | |
1173 | $status = $X->find_dup($key, $value) ; |
1174 | |
b90e71be |
1175 | This method checks for the existence of a specific key/value pair. If the |
6ca2e664 |
1176 | pair exists, the cursor is left pointing to the pair and the method |
1177 | returns 0. Otherwise the method returns a non-zero value. |
1178 | |
1179 | Assuming the database from the previous example: |
1180 | |
3245f058 |
1181 | use warnings ; |
6ca2e664 |
1182 | use strict ; |
1183 | use DB_File ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1184 | |
962cee9f |
1185 | my ($filename, $x, %h, $found) ; |
6ca2e664 |
1186 | |
07200f1b |
1187 | $filename = "tree" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1188 | |
6ca2e664 |
1189 | # Enable duplicate records |
1190 | $DB_BTREE->{'flags'} = R_DUP ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1191 | |
45a340cb |
1192 | $x = tie %h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
6ca2e664 |
1193 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n"; |
1194 | |
1195 | $found = ( $x->find_dup("Wall", "Larry") == 0 ? "" : "not") ; |
1196 | print "Larry Wall is $found there\n" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1197 | |
6ca2e664 |
1198 | $found = ( $x->find_dup("Wall", "Harry") == 0 ? "" : "not") ; |
1199 | print "Harry Wall is $found there\n" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1200 | |
6ca2e664 |
1201 | undef $x ; |
1202 | untie %h ; |
1203 | |
1204 | prints this |
1205 | |
2c2d71f5 |
1206 | Larry Wall is there |
6ca2e664 |
1207 | Harry Wall is not there |
1208 | |
1209 | |
1210 | =head2 The del_dup() Method |
1211 | |
1212 | $status = $X->del_dup($key, $value) ; |
1213 | |
1214 | This method deletes a specific key/value pair. It returns |
1215 | 0 if they exist and have been deleted successfully. |
1216 | Otherwise the method returns a non-zero value. |
1217 | |
b90e71be |
1218 | Again assuming the existence of the C<tree> database |
6ca2e664 |
1219 | |
3245f058 |
1220 | use warnings ; |
6ca2e664 |
1221 | use strict ; |
1222 | use DB_File ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1223 | |
962cee9f |
1224 | my ($filename, $x, %h, $found) ; |
6ca2e664 |
1225 | |
07200f1b |
1226 | $filename = "tree" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1227 | |
6ca2e664 |
1228 | # Enable duplicate records |
1229 | $DB_BTREE->{'flags'} = R_DUP ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1230 | |
45a340cb |
1231 | $x = tie %h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
6ca2e664 |
1232 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n"; |
1233 | |
1234 | $x->del_dup("Wall", "Larry") ; |
1235 | |
1236 | $found = ( $x->find_dup("Wall", "Larry") == 0 ? "" : "not") ; |
1237 | print "Larry Wall is $found there\n" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1238 | |
6ca2e664 |
1239 | undef $x ; |
1240 | untie %h ; |
1241 | |
1242 | prints this |
1243 | |
1244 | Larry Wall is not there |
1245 | |
f6b705ef |
1246 | =head2 Matching Partial Keys |
1247 | |
1248 | The BTREE interface has a feature which allows partial keys to be |
1249 | matched. This functionality is I<only> available when the C<seq> method |
1250 | is used along with the R_CURSOR flag. |
1251 | |
1252 | $x->seq($key, $value, R_CURSOR) ; |
1253 | |
1254 | Here is the relevant quote from the dbopen man page where it defines |
1255 | the use of the R_CURSOR flag with seq: |
1256 | |
f6b705ef |
1257 | Note, for the DB_BTREE access method, the returned key is not |
1258 | necessarily an exact match for the specified key. The returned key |
1259 | is the smallest key greater than or equal to the specified key, |
1260 | permitting partial key matches and range searches. |
1261 | |
f6b705ef |
1262 | In the example script below, the C<match> sub uses this feature to find |
1263 | and print the first matching key/value pair given a partial key. |
1264 | |
3245f058 |
1265 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
1266 | use strict ; |
f6b705ef |
1267 | use DB_File ; |
1268 | use Fcntl ; |
610ab055 |
1269 | |
962cee9f |
1270 | my ($filename, $x, %h, $st, $key, $value) ; |
f6b705ef |
1271 | |
1272 | sub match |
1273 | { |
1274 | my $key = shift ; |
610ab055 |
1275 | my $value = 0; |
f6b705ef |
1276 | my $orig_key = $key ; |
1277 | $x->seq($key, $value, R_CURSOR) ; |
1278 | print "$orig_key\t-> $key\t-> $value\n" ; |
1279 | } |
1280 | |
1281 | $filename = "tree" ; |
1282 | unlink $filename ; |
1283 | |
45a340cb |
1284 | $x = tie %h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_BTREE |
f6b705ef |
1285 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n"; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1286 | |
f6b705ef |
1287 | # Add some key/value pairs to the file |
1288 | $h{'mouse'} = 'mickey' ; |
1289 | $h{'Wall'} = 'Larry' ; |
1290 | $h{'Walls'} = 'Brick' ; |
1291 | $h{'Smith'} = 'John' ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1292 | |
f6b705ef |
1293 | |
610ab055 |
1294 | $key = $value = 0 ; |
f6b705ef |
1295 | print "IN ORDER\n" ; |
1296 | for ($st = $x->seq($key, $value, R_FIRST) ; |
1297 | $st == 0 ; |
1298 | $st = $x->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT) ) |
bbc7dcd2 |
1299 | |
2c2d71f5 |
1300 | { print "$key -> $value\n" } |
bbc7dcd2 |
1301 | |
f6b705ef |
1302 | print "\nPARTIAL MATCH\n" ; |
1303 | |
1304 | match "Wa" ; |
1305 | match "A" ; |
1306 | match "a" ; |
1307 | |
1308 | undef $x ; |
1309 | untie %h ; |
1310 | |
1311 | Here is the output: |
1312 | |
1313 | IN ORDER |
1314 | Smith -> John |
1315 | Wall -> Larry |
1316 | Walls -> Brick |
1317 | mouse -> mickey |
1318 | |
1319 | PARTIAL MATCH |
1320 | Wa -> Wall -> Larry |
1321 | A -> Smith -> John |
1322 | a -> mouse -> mickey |
1323 | |
1324 | =head1 DB_RECNO |
1325 | |
1326 | DB_RECNO provides an interface to flat text files. Both variable and |
1327 | fixed length records are supported. |
3b35bae3 |
1328 | |
6ca2e664 |
1329 | In order to make RECNO more compatible with Perl, the array offset for |
88108326 |
1330 | all RECNO arrays begins at 0 rather than 1 as in Berkeley DB. |
3b35bae3 |
1331 | |
88108326 |
1332 | As with normal Perl arrays, a RECNO array can be accessed using |
1333 | negative indexes. The index -1 refers to the last element of the array, |
1334 | -2 the second last, and so on. Attempting to access an element before |
1335 | the start of the array will raise a fatal run-time error. |
3b35bae3 |
1336 | |
68dc0745 |
1337 | =head2 The 'bval' Option |
36477c24 |
1338 | |
1339 | The operation of the bval option warrants some discussion. Here is the |
1340 | definition of bval from the Berkeley DB 1.85 recno manual page: |
1341 | |
1342 | The delimiting byte to be used to mark the end of a |
1343 | record for variable-length records, and the pad charac- |
1344 | ter for fixed-length records. If no value is speci- |
1345 | fied, newlines (``\n'') are used to mark the end of |
1346 | variable-length records and fixed-length records are |
1347 | padded with spaces. |
1348 | |
1349 | The second sentence is wrong. In actual fact bval will only default to |
1350 | C<"\n"> when the openinfo parameter in dbopen is NULL. If a non-NULL |
1351 | openinfo parameter is used at all, the value that happens to be in bval |
1352 | will be used. That means you always have to specify bval when making |
1353 | use of any of the options in the openinfo parameter. This documentation |
1354 | error will be fixed in the next release of Berkeley DB. |
1355 | |
1356 | That clarifies the situation with regards Berkeley DB itself. What |
1357 | about B<DB_File>? Well, the behavior defined in the quote above is |
6ca2e664 |
1358 | quite useful, so B<DB_File> conforms to it. |
36477c24 |
1359 | |
1360 | That means that you can specify other options (e.g. cachesize) and |
1361 | still have bval default to C<"\n"> for variable length records, and |
1362 | space for fixed length records. |
1363 | |
c5da4faf |
1364 | Also note that the bval option only allows you to specify a single byte |
a6d6498e |
1365 | as a delimiter. |
c5da4faf |
1366 | |
f6b705ef |
1367 | =head2 A Simple Example |
3b35bae3 |
1368 | |
6ca2e664 |
1369 | Here is a simple example that uses RECNO (if you are using a version |
1370 | of Perl earlier than 5.004_57 this example won't work -- see |
1371 | L<Extra RECNO Methods> for a workaround). |
f6b705ef |
1372 | |
3245f058 |
1373 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
1374 | use strict ; |
f6b705ef |
1375 | use DB_File ; |
f6b705ef |
1376 | |
2c2d71f5 |
1377 | my $filename = "text" ; |
1378 | unlink $filename ; |
1379 | |
610ab055 |
1380 | my @h ; |
45a340cb |
1381 | tie @h, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_RECNO |
f6b705ef |
1382 | or die "Cannot open file 'text': $!\n" ; |
1383 | |
1384 | # Add a few key/value pairs to the file |
1385 | $h[0] = "orange" ; |
1386 | $h[1] = "blue" ; |
1387 | $h[2] = "yellow" ; |
1388 | |
6ca2e664 |
1389 | push @h, "green", "black" ; |
1390 | |
1391 | my $elements = scalar @h ; |
1392 | print "The array contains $elements entries\n" ; |
1393 | |
1394 | my $last = pop @h ; |
1395 | print "popped $last\n" ; |
1396 | |
1397 | unshift @h, "white" ; |
1398 | my $first = shift @h ; |
1399 | print "shifted $first\n" ; |
1400 | |
f6b705ef |
1401 | # Check for existence of a key |
1402 | print "Element 1 Exists with value $h[1]\n" if $h[1] ; |
1403 | |
1404 | # use a negative index |
1405 | print "The last element is $h[-1]\n" ; |
1406 | print "The 2nd last element is $h[-2]\n" ; |
1407 | |
1408 | untie @h ; |
3b35bae3 |
1409 | |
f6b705ef |
1410 | Here is the output from the script: |
1411 | |
6ca2e664 |
1412 | The array contains 5 entries |
1413 | popped black |
2c2d71f5 |
1414 | shifted white |
f6b705ef |
1415 | Element 1 Exists with value blue |
6ca2e664 |
1416 | The last element is green |
1417 | The 2nd last element is yellow |
f6b705ef |
1418 | |
6ca2e664 |
1419 | =head2 Extra RECNO Methods |
f6b705ef |
1420 | |
045291aa |
1421 | If you are using a version of Perl earlier than 5.004_57, the tied |
6ca2e664 |
1422 | array interface is quite limited. In the example script above |
1423 | C<push>, C<pop>, C<shift>, C<unshift> |
1424 | or determining the array length will not work with a tied array. |
045291aa |
1425 | |
1426 | To make the interface more useful for older versions of Perl, a number |
1427 | of methods are supplied with B<DB_File> to simulate the missing array |
1428 | operations. All these methods are accessed via the object returned from |
1429 | the tie call. |
f6b705ef |
1430 | |
1431 | Here are the methods: |
1432 | |
1433 | =over 5 |
3b35bae3 |
1434 | |
f6b705ef |
1435 | =item B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;> |
1436 | |
1437 | Pushes the elements of C<list> to the end of the array. |
1438 | |
1439 | =item B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;> |
1440 | |
1441 | Removes and returns the last element of the array. |
1442 | |
1443 | =item B<$X-E<gt>shift> |
1444 | |
1445 | Removes and returns the first element of the array. |
1446 | |
1447 | =item B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;> |
1448 | |
1449 | Pushes the elements of C<list> to the start of the array. |
1450 | |
1451 | =item B<$X-E<gt>length> |
1452 | |
1453 | Returns the number of elements in the array. |
1454 | |
c5da4faf |
1455 | =item B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset, length, elements);> |
1456 | |
a6d05634 |
1457 | Returns a splice of the array. |
c5da4faf |
1458 | |
f6b705ef |
1459 | =back |
1460 | |
1461 | =head2 Another Example |
1462 | |
1463 | Here is a more complete example that makes use of some of the methods |
1464 | described above. It also makes use of the API interface directly (see |
1465 | L<THE API INTERFACE>). |
1466 | |
3245f058 |
1467 | use warnings ; |
f6b705ef |
1468 | use strict ; |
962cee9f |
1469 | my (@h, $H, $file, $i) ; |
f6b705ef |
1470 | use DB_File ; |
1471 | use Fcntl ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1472 | |
f6b705ef |
1473 | $file = "text" ; |
1474 | |
1475 | unlink $file ; |
1476 | |
45a340cb |
1477 | $H = tie @h, "DB_File", $file, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_RECNO |
f6b705ef |
1478 | or die "Cannot open file $file: $!\n" ; |
bbc7dcd2 |
1479 | |
f6b705ef |
1480 | # first create a text file to play with |
1481 | $h[0] = "zero" ; |
1482 | $h[1] = "one" ; |
1483 | $h[2] = "two" ; |
1484 | $h[3] = "three" ; |
1485 | $h[4] = "four" ; |
1486 | |
bbc7dcd2 |
1487 | |
f6b705ef |
1488 | # Print the records in order. |
1489 | # |
1490 | # The length method is needed here because evaluating a tied |
1491 | # array in a scalar context does not return the number of |
1492 | # elements in the array. |
1493 | |
1494 | print "\nORIGINAL\n" ; |
1495 | foreach $i (0 .. $H->length - 1) { |
1496 | print "$i: $h[$i]\n" ; |
1497 | } |
1498 | |
1499 | # use the push & pop methods |
1500 | $a = $H->pop ; |
1501 | $H->push("last") ; |
1502 | print "\nThe last record was [$a]\n" ; |
1503 | |
1504 | # and the shift & unshift methods |
1505 | $a = $H->shift ; |
1506 | $H->unshift("first") ; |
1507 | print "The first record was [$a]\n" ; |
1508 | |
1509 | # Use the API to add a new record after record 2. |
1510 | $i = 2 ; |
1511 | $H->put($i, "Newbie", R_IAFTER) ; |
1512 | |
1513 | # and a new record before record 1. |
1514 | $i = 1 ; |
1515 | $H->put($i, "New One", R_IBEFORE) ; |
1516 | |
1517 | # delete record 3 |
1518 | $H->del(3) ; |
1519 | |
1520 | # now print the records in reverse order |
1521 | print "\nREVERSE\n" ; |
1522 | for ($i = $H->length - 1 ; $i >= 0 ; -- $i) |
1523 | { print "$i: $h[$i]\n" } |
1524 | |
1525 | # same again, but use the API functions instead |
1526 | print "\nREVERSE again\n" ; |
610ab055 |
1527 | my ($s, $k, $v) = (0, 0, 0) ; |
f6b705ef |
1528 | for ($s = $H->seq($k, $v, R_LAST) ; |
1529 | $s == 0 ; |
1530 | $s = $H->seq($k, $v, R_PREV)) |
1531 | { print "$k: $v\n" } |
1532 | |
1533 | undef $H ; |
1534 | untie @h ; |
1535 | |
1536 | and this is what it outputs: |
1537 | |
1538 | ORIGINAL |
1539 | 0: zero |
1540 | 1: one |
1541 | 2: two |
1542 | 3: three |
1543 | 4: four |
1544 | |
1545 | The last record was [four] |
1546 | The first record was [zero] |
1547 | |
1548 | REVERSE |
1549 | 5: last |
1550 | 4: three |
1551 | 3: Newbie |
1552 | 2: one |
1553 | 1: New One |
1554 | 0: first |
1555 | |
1556 | REVERSE again |
1557 | 5: last |
1558 | 4: three |
1559 | 3: Newbie |
1560 | 2: one |
1561 | 1: New One |
1562 | 0: first |
1563 | |
1564 | Notes: |
1565 | |
1566 | =over 5 |
1567 | |
1568 | =item 1. |
1569 | |
1570 | Rather than iterating through the array, C<@h> like this: |
1571 | |
1572 | foreach $i (@h) |
1573 | |
1574 | it is necessary to use either this: |
1575 | |
1576 | foreach $i (0 .. $H->length - 1) |
1577 | |
1578 | or this: |
1579 | |
1580 | for ($a = $H->get($k, $v, R_FIRST) ; |
1581 | $a == 0 ; |
1582 | $a = $H->get($k, $v, R_NEXT) ) |
1583 | |
1584 | =item 2. |
1585 | |
1586 | Notice that both times the C<put> method was used the record index was |
1587 | specified using a variable, C<$i>, rather than the literal value |
1588 | itself. This is because C<put> will return the record number of the |
1589 | inserted line via that parameter. |
1590 | |
1591 | =back |
1592 | |
1593 | =head1 THE API INTERFACE |
3b35bae3 |
1594 | |
1595 | As well as accessing Berkeley DB using a tied hash or array, it is also |
88108326 |
1596 | possible to make direct use of most of the API functions defined in the |
8e07c86e |
1597 | Berkeley DB documentation. |
3b35bae3 |
1598 | |
88108326 |
1599 | To do this you need to store a copy of the object returned from the tie. |
3b35bae3 |
1600 | |
88108326 |
1601 | $db = tie %hash, "DB_File", "filename" ; |
3b35bae3 |
1602 | |
8e07c86e |
1603 | Once you have done that, you can access the Berkeley DB API functions |
88108326 |
1604 | as B<DB_File> methods directly like this: |
3b35bae3 |
1605 | |
1606 | $db->put($key, $value, R_NOOVERWRITE) ; |
1607 | |
88108326 |
1608 | B<Important:> If you have saved a copy of the object returned from |
1609 | C<tie>, the underlying database file will I<not> be closed until both |
1610 | the tied variable is untied and all copies of the saved object are |
610ab055 |
1611 | destroyed. |
88108326 |
1612 | |
1613 | use DB_File ; |
1614 | $db = tie %hash, "DB_File", "filename" |
1615 | or die "Cannot tie filename: $!" ; |
1616 | ... |
1617 | undef $db ; |
1618 | untie %hash ; |
1619 | |
9a2c4ce3 |
1620 | See L<The untie() Gotcha> for more details. |
778183f3 |
1621 | |
88108326 |
1622 | All the functions defined in L<dbopen> are available except for |
1623 | close() and dbopen() itself. The B<DB_File> method interface to the |
1624 | supported functions have been implemented to mirror the way Berkeley DB |
1625 | works whenever possible. In particular note that: |
1626 | |
1627 | =over 5 |
1628 | |
1629 | =item * |
1630 | |
1631 | The methods return a status value. All return 0 on success. |
1632 | All return -1 to signify an error and set C<$!> to the exact |
1633 | error code. The return code 1 generally (but not always) means that the |
1634 | key specified did not exist in the database. |
1635 | |
1636 | Other return codes are defined. See below and in the Berkeley DB |
1637 | documentation for details. The Berkeley DB documentation should be used |
1638 | as the definitive source. |
1639 | |
1640 | =item * |
3b35bae3 |
1641 | |
88108326 |
1642 | Whenever a Berkeley DB function returns data via one of its parameters, |
1643 | the equivalent B<DB_File> method does exactly the same. |
3b35bae3 |
1644 | |
88108326 |
1645 | =item * |
1646 | |
1647 | If you are careful, it is possible to mix API calls with the tied |
1648 | hash/array interface in the same piece of code. Although only a few of |
1649 | the methods used to implement the tied interface currently make use of |
1650 | the cursor, you should always assume that the cursor has been changed |
1651 | any time the tied hash/array interface is used. As an example, this |
1652 | code will probably not do what you expect: |
1653 | |
1654 | $X = tie %x, 'DB_File', $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0777, $DB_BTREE |
1655 | or die "Cannot tie $filename: $!" ; |
1656 | |
1657 | # Get the first key/value pair and set the cursor |
1658 | $X->seq($key, $value, R_FIRST) ; |
1659 | |
1660 | # this line will modify the cursor |
1661 | $count = scalar keys %x ; |
1662 | |
1663 | # Get the second key/value pair. |
1664 | # oops, it didn't, it got the last key/value pair! |
1665 | $X->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT) ; |
1666 | |
1667 | The code above can be rearranged to get around the problem, like this: |
1668 | |
1669 | $X = tie %x, 'DB_File', $filename, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0777, $DB_BTREE |
1670 | or die "Cannot tie $filename: $!" ; |
1671 | |
1672 | # this line will modify the cursor |
1673 | $count = scalar keys %x ; |
1674 | |
1675 | # Get the first key/value pair and set the cursor |
1676 | $X->seq($key, $value, R_FIRST) ; |
1677 | |
1678 | # Get the second key/value pair. |
1679 | # worked this time. |
1680 | $X->seq($key, $value, R_NEXT) ; |
1681 | |
1682 | =back |
1683 | |
1684 | All the constants defined in L<dbopen> for use in the flags parameters |
1685 | in the methods defined below are also available. Refer to the Berkeley |
1686 | DB documentation for the precise meaning of the flags values. |
1687 | |
1688 | Below is a list of the methods available. |
3b35bae3 |
1689 | |
1690 | =over 5 |
1691 | |
f6b705ef |
1692 | =item B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;> |
88108326 |
1693 | |
1694 | Given a key (C<$key>) this method reads the value associated with it |
1695 | from the database. The value read from the database is returned in the |
1696 | C<$value> parameter. |
3b35bae3 |
1697 | |
88108326 |
1698 | If the key does not exist the method returns 1. |
3b35bae3 |
1699 | |
88108326 |
1700 | No flags are currently defined for this method. |
3b35bae3 |
1701 | |
f6b705ef |
1702 | =item B<$status = $X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;> |
3b35bae3 |
1703 | |
88108326 |
1704 | Stores the key/value pair in the database. |
1705 | |
1706 | If you use either the R_IAFTER or R_IBEFORE flags, the C<$key> parameter |
8e07c86e |
1707 | will have the record number of the inserted key/value pair set. |
3b35bae3 |
1708 | |
88108326 |
1709 | Valid flags are R_CURSOR, R_IAFTER, R_IBEFORE, R_NOOVERWRITE and |
1710 | R_SETCURSOR. |
1711 | |
f6b705ef |
1712 | =item B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [, $flags]) ;> |
3b35bae3 |
1713 | |
88108326 |
1714 | Removes all key/value pairs with key C<$key> from the database. |
3b35bae3 |
1715 | |
88108326 |
1716 | A return code of 1 means that the requested key was not in the |
1717 | database. |
3b35bae3 |
1718 | |
88108326 |
1719 | R_CURSOR is the only valid flag at present. |
3b35bae3 |
1720 | |
f6b705ef |
1721 | =item B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;> |
3b35bae3 |
1722 | |
88108326 |
1723 | Returns the file descriptor for the underlying database. |
3b35bae3 |
1724 | |
b90e71be |
1725 | See L<Locking: The Trouble with fd> for an explanation for why you should |
1726 | not use C<fd> to lock your database. |
3b35bae3 |
1727 | |
f6b705ef |
1728 | =item B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key, $value, $flags) ;> |
3b35bae3 |
1729 | |
88108326 |
1730 | This interface allows sequential retrieval from the database. See |
1731 | L<dbopen> for full details. |
1732 | |
1733 | Both the C<$key> and C<$value> parameters will be set to the key/value |
1734 | pair read from the database. |
1735 | |
1736 | The flags parameter is mandatory. The valid flag values are R_CURSOR, |
1737 | R_FIRST, R_LAST, R_NEXT and R_PREV. |
1738 | |
f6b705ef |
1739 | =item B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;> |
88108326 |
1740 | |
1741 | Flushes any cached buffers to disk. |
1742 | |
1743 | R_RECNOSYNC is the only valid flag at present. |
3b35bae3 |
1744 | |
1745 | =back |
1746 | |
cad2e5aa |
1747 | =head1 DBM FILTERS |
1748 | |
1749 | A DBM Filter is a piece of code that is be used when you I<always> |
1750 | want to make the same transformation to all keys and/or values in a |
1751 | DBM database. |
1752 | |
1753 | There are four methods associated with DBM Filters. All work identically, |
1754 | and each is used to install (or uninstall) a single DBM Filter. Each |
1755 | expects a single parameter, namely a reference to a sub. The only |
1756 | difference between them is the place that the filter is installed. |
1757 | |
1758 | To summarise: |
1759 | |
1760 | =over 5 |
1761 | |
1762 | =item B<filter_store_key> |
1763 | |
1764 | If a filter has been installed with this method, it will be invoked |
1765 | every time you write a key to a DBM database. |
1766 | |
1767 | =item B<filter_store_value> |
1768 | |
1769 | If a filter has been installed with this method, it will be invoked |
1770 | every time you write a value to a DBM database. |
1771 | |
1772 | |
1773 | =item B<filter_fetch_key> |
1774 | |
1775 | If a filter has been installed with this method, it will be invoked |
1776 | every time you read a key from a DBM database. |
1777 | |
1778 | =item B<filter_fetch_value> |
1779 | |
1780 | If a filter has been installed with this method, it will be invoked |
1781 | every time you read a value from a DBM database. |
1782 | |
1783 | =back |
1784 | |
1785 | You can use any combination of the methods, from none, to all four. |
1786 | |
1787 | All filter methods return the existing filter, if present, or C<undef> |
1788 | in not. |
1789 | |
1790 | To delete a filter pass C<undef> to it. |
1791 | |
1792 | =head2 The Filter |
1793 | |
1794 | When each filter is called by Perl, a local copy of C<$_> will contain |
1795 | the key or value to be filtered. Filtering is achieved by modifying |
1796 | the contents of C<$_>. The return code from the filter is ignored. |
1797 | |
1798 | =head2 An Example -- the NULL termination problem. |
1799 | |
1800 | Consider the following scenario. You have a DBM database |
1801 | that you need to share with a third-party C application. The C application |
1802 | assumes that I<all> keys and values are NULL terminated. Unfortunately |
1803 | when Perl writes to DBM databases it doesn't use NULL termination, so |
1804 | your Perl application will have to manage NULL termination itself. When |
1805 | you write to the database you will have to use something like this: |
1806 | |
1807 | $hash{"$key\0"} = "$value\0" ; |
1808 | |
1809 | Similarly the NULL needs to be taken into account when you are considering |
1810 | the length of existing keys/values. |
1811 | |
1812 | It would be much better if you could ignore the NULL terminations issue |
1813 | in the main application code and have a mechanism that automatically |
1814 | added the terminating NULL to all keys and values whenever you write to |
1815 | the database and have them removed when you read from the database. As I'm |
1816 | sure you have already guessed, this is a problem that DBM Filters can |
1817 | fix very easily. |
1818 | |
3245f058 |
1819 | use warnings ; |
cad2e5aa |
1820 | use strict ; |
1821 | use DB_File ; |
1822 | |
1823 | my %hash ; |
1824 | my $filename = "/tmp/filt" ; |
1825 | unlink $filename ; |
1826 | |
1827 | my $db = tie %hash, 'DB_File', $filename, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_HASH |
1828 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n" ; |
1829 | |
1830 | # Install DBM Filters |
1831 | $db->filter_fetch_key ( sub { s/\0$// } ) ; |
1832 | $db->filter_store_key ( sub { $_ .= "\0" } ) ; |
1833 | $db->filter_fetch_value( sub { s/\0$// } ) ; |
1834 | $db->filter_store_value( sub { $_ .= "\0" } ) ; |
1835 | |
1836 | $hash{"abc"} = "def" ; |
1837 | my $a = $hash{"ABC"} ; |
1838 | # ... |
1839 | undef $db ; |
1840 | untie %hash ; |
1841 | |
1842 | Hopefully the contents of each of the filters should be |
1843 | self-explanatory. Both "fetch" filters remove the terminating NULL, |
1844 | and both "store" filters add a terminating NULL. |
1845 | |
1846 | |
1847 | =head2 Another Example -- Key is a C int. |
1848 | |
1849 | Here is another real-life example. By default, whenever Perl writes to |
1850 | a DBM database it always writes the key and value as strings. So when |
1851 | you use this: |
1852 | |
1853 | $hash{12345} = "soemthing" ; |
1854 | |
1855 | the key 12345 will get stored in the DBM database as the 5 byte string |
1856 | "12345". If you actually want the key to be stored in the DBM database |
1857 | as a C int, you will have to use C<pack> when writing, and C<unpack> |
1858 | when reading. |
1859 | |
1860 | Here is a DBM Filter that does it: |
1861 | |
3245f058 |
1862 | use warnings ; |
cad2e5aa |
1863 | use strict ; |
1864 | use DB_File ; |
1865 | my %hash ; |
1866 | my $filename = "/tmp/filt" ; |
1867 | unlink $filename ; |
1868 | |
1869 | |
1870 | my $db = tie %hash, 'DB_File', $filename, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_HASH |
1871 | or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n" ; |
1872 | |
1873 | $db->filter_fetch_key ( sub { $_ = unpack("i", $_) } ) ; |
1874 | $db->filter_store_key ( sub { $_ = pack ("i", $_) } ) ; |
1875 | $hash{123} = "def" ; |
1876 | # ... |
1877 | undef $db ; |
1878 | untie %hash ; |
1879 | |
1880 | This time only two filters have been used -- we only need to manipulate |
1881 | the contents of the key, so it wasn't necessary to install any value |
1882 | filters. |
1883 | |
f6b705ef |
1884 | =head1 HINTS AND TIPS |
3b35bae3 |
1885 | |
3b35bae3 |
1886 | |
b90e71be |
1887 | =head2 Locking: The Trouble with fd |
3b35bae3 |
1888 | |
b90e71be |
1889 | Until version 1.72 of this module, the recommended technique for locking |
1890 | B<DB_File> databases was to flock the filehandle returned from the "fd" |
1891 | function. Unfortunately this technique has been shown to be fundamentally |
1892 | flawed (Kudos to David Harris for tracking this down). Use it at your own |
1893 | peril! |
3b35bae3 |
1894 | |
b90e71be |
1895 | The locking technique went like this. |
cb1a09d0 |
1896 | |
45a340cb |
1897 | $db = tie(%db, 'DB_File', '/tmp/foo.db', O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0666) |
b90e71be |
1898 | || die "dbcreat /tmp/foo.db $!"; |
1899 | $fd = $db->fd; |
1900 | open(DB_FH, "+<&=$fd") || die "dup $!"; |
1901 | flock (DB_FH, LOCK_EX) || die "flock: $!"; |
1902 | ... |
1903 | $db{"Tom"} = "Jerry" ; |
1904 | ... |
1905 | flock(DB_FH, LOCK_UN); |
1906 | undef $db; |
1907 | untie %db; |
1908 | close(DB_FH); |
cb1a09d0 |
1909 | |
b90e71be |
1910 | In simple terms, this is what happens: |
cb1a09d0 |
1911 | |
b90e71be |
1912 | =over 5 |
cb1a09d0 |
1913 | |
b90e71be |
1914 | =item 1. |
cb1a09d0 |
1915 | |
b90e71be |
1916 | Use "tie" to open the database. |
cb1a09d0 |
1917 | |
b90e71be |
1918 | =item 2. |
cb1a09d0 |
1919 | |
b90e71be |
1920 | Lock the database with fd & flock. |
cb1a09d0 |
1921 | |
b90e71be |
1922 | =item 3. |
cb1a09d0 |
1923 | |
b90e71be |
1924 | Read & Write to the database. |
cb1a09d0 |
1925 | |
b90e71be |
1926 | =item 4. |
cb1a09d0 |
1927 | |
b90e71be |
1928 | Unlock and close the database. |
cb1a09d0 |
1929 | |
b90e71be |
1930 | =back |
1931 | |
1932 | Here is the crux of the problem. A side-effect of opening the B<DB_File> |
1933 | database in step 2 is that an initial block from the database will get |
1934 | read from disk and cached in memory. |
1935 | |
1936 | To see why this is a problem, consider what can happen when two processes, |
1937 | say "A" and "B", both want to update the same B<DB_File> database |
1938 | using the locking steps outlined above. Assume process "A" has already |
1939 | opened the database and has a write lock, but it hasn't actually updated |
1940 | the database yet (it has finished step 2, but not started step 3 yet). Now |
1941 | process "B" tries to open the same database - step 1 will succeed, |
1942 | but it will block on step 2 until process "A" releases the lock. The |
1943 | important thing to notice here is that at this point in time both |
1944 | processes will have cached identical initial blocks from the database. |
1945 | |
1946 | Now process "A" updates the database and happens to change some of the |
1947 | data held in the initial buffer. Process "A" terminates, flushing |
1948 | all cached data to disk and releasing the database lock. At this point |
1949 | the database on disk will correctly reflect the changes made by process |
1950 | "A". |
1951 | |
1952 | With the lock released, process "B" can now continue. It also updates the |
1953 | database and unfortunately it too modifies the data that was in its |
1954 | initial buffer. Once that data gets flushed to disk it will overwrite |
1955 | some/all of the changes process "A" made to the database. |
1956 | |
1957 | The result of this scenario is at best a database that doesn't contain |
1958 | what you expect. At worst the database will corrupt. |
1959 | |
1960 | The above won't happen every time competing process update the same |
1961 | B<DB_File> database, but it does illustrate why the technique should |
1962 | not be used. |
1963 | |
1964 | =head2 Safe ways to lock a database |
1965 | |
1966 | Starting with version 2.x, Berkeley DB has internal support for locking. |
1967 | The companion module to this one, B<BerkeleyDB>, provides an interface |
1968 | to this locking functionality. If you are serious about locking |
1969 | Berkeley DB databases, I strongly recommend using B<BerkeleyDB>. |
1970 | |
1971 | If using B<BerkeleyDB> isn't an option, there are a number of modules |
1972 | available on CPAN that can be used to implement locking. Each one |
1973 | implements locking differently and has different goals in mind. It is |
1974 | therefore worth knowing the difference, so that you can pick the right |
1975 | one for your application. Here are the three locking wrappers: |
1976 | |
1977 | =over 5 |
1978 | |
1979 | =item B<Tie::DB_Lock> |
1980 | |
1981 | A B<DB_File> wrapper which creates copies of the database file for |
1982 | read access, so that you have a kind of a multiversioning concurrent read |
1983 | system. However, updates are still serial. Use for databases where reads |
1984 | may be lengthy and consistency problems may occur. |
1985 | |
1986 | =item B<Tie::DB_LockFile> |
1987 | |
1988 | A B<DB_File> wrapper that has the ability to lock and unlock the database |
1989 | while it is being used. Avoids the tie-before-flock problem by simply |
1990 | re-tie-ing the database when you get or drop a lock. Because of the |
1991 | flexibility in dropping and re-acquiring the lock in the middle of a |
1992 | session, this can be massaged into a system that will work with long |
1993 | updates and/or reads if the application follows the hints in the POD |
1994 | documentation. |
1995 | |
1996 | =item B<DB_File::Lock> |
1997 | |
1998 | An extremely lightweight B<DB_File> wrapper that simply flocks a lockfile |
1999 | before tie-ing the database and drops the lock after the untie. Allows |
2000 | one to use the same lockfile for multiple databases to avoid deadlock |
2001 | problems, if desired. Use for databases where updates are reads are |
2002 | quick and simple flock locking semantics are enough. |
2003 | |
2004 | =back |
cb1a09d0 |
2005 | |
68dc0745 |
2006 | =head2 Sharing Databases With C Applications |
f6b705ef |
2007 | |
2008 | There is no technical reason why a Berkeley DB database cannot be |
2009 | shared by both a Perl and a C application. |
2010 | |
2011 | The vast majority of problems that are reported in this area boil down |
2012 | to the fact that C strings are NULL terminated, whilst Perl strings are |
cad2e5aa |
2013 | not. See L<DBM FILTERS> for a generic way to work around this problem. |
f6b705ef |
2014 | |
2015 | Here is a real example. Netscape 2.0 keeps a record of the locations you |
2016 | visit along with the time you last visited them in a DB_HASH database. |
2017 | This is usually stored in the file F<~/.netscape/history.db>. The key |
2018 | field in the database is the location string and the value field is the |
2019 | time the location was last visited stored as a 4 byte binary value. |
2020 | |
2021 | If you haven't already guessed, the location string is stored with a |
2022 | terminating NULL. This means you need to be careful when accessing the |
2023 | database. |
2024 | |
2025 | Here is a snippet of code that is loosely based on Tom Christiansen's |
2026 | I<ggh> script (available from your nearest CPAN archive in |
2027 | F<authors/id/TOMC/scripts/nshist.gz>). |
2028 | |
3245f058 |
2029 | use warnings ; |
610ab055 |
2030 | use strict ; |
f6b705ef |
2031 | use DB_File ; |
2032 | use Fcntl ; |
f6b705ef |
2033 | |
962cee9f |
2034 | my ($dotdir, $HISTORY, %hist_db, $href, $binary_time, $date) ; |
f6b705ef |
2035 | $dotdir = $ENV{HOME} || $ENV{LOGNAME}; |
2036 | |
2037 | $HISTORY = "$dotdir/.netscape/history.db"; |
2038 | |
2039 | tie %hist_db, 'DB_File', $HISTORY |
2040 | or die "Cannot open $HISTORY: $!\n" ;; |
2041 | |
2042 | # Dump the complete database |
2043 | while ( ($href, $binary_time) = each %hist_db ) { |
2044 | |
2045 | # remove the terminating NULL |
2046 | $href =~ s/\x00$// ; |
2047 | |
2048 | # convert the binary time into a user friendly string |
2049 | $date = localtime unpack("V", $binary_time); |
2050 | print "$date $href\n" ; |
2051 | } |
2052 | |
2053 | # check for the existence of a specific key |
2054 | # remember to add the NULL |
2055 | if ( $binary_time = $hist_db{"http://mox.perl.com/\x00"} ) { |
2056 | $date = localtime unpack("V", $binary_time) ; |
2057 | print "Last visited mox.perl.com on $date\n" ; |
2058 | } |
2059 | else { |
2060 | print "Never visited mox.perl.com\n" |
2061 | } |
2062 | |
2063 | untie %hist_db ; |
2064 | |
68dc0745 |
2065 | =head2 The untie() Gotcha |
778183f3 |
2066 | |
7a2e2cd6 |
2067 | If you make use of the Berkeley DB API, it is I<very> strongly |
68dc0745 |
2068 | recommended that you read L<perltie/The untie Gotcha>. |
778183f3 |
2069 | |
2070 | Even if you don't currently make use of the API interface, it is still |
2071 | worth reading it. |
2072 | |
2073 | Here is an example which illustrates the problem from a B<DB_File> |
2074 | perspective: |
2075 | |
2076 | use DB_File ; |
2077 | use Fcntl ; |
2078 | |
2079 | my %x ; |
2080 | my $X ; |
2081 | |
2082 | $X = tie %x, 'DB_File', 'tst.fil' , O_RDWR|O_TRUNC |
2083 | or die "Cannot tie first time: $!" ; |
2084 | |
2085 | $x{123} = 456 ; |
2086 | |
2087 | untie %x ; |
2088 | |
2089 | tie %x, 'DB_File', 'tst.fil' , O_RDWR|O_CREAT |
2090 | or die "Cannot tie second time: $!" ; |
2091 | |
2092 | untie %x ; |
2093 | |
2094 | When run, the script will produce this error message: |
2095 | |
2096 | Cannot tie second time: Invalid argument at bad.file line 14. |
2097 | |
2098 | Although the error message above refers to the second tie() statement |
2099 | in the script, the source of the problem is really with the untie() |
2100 | statement that precedes it. |
2101 | |
2102 | Having read L<perltie> you will probably have already guessed that the |
2103 | error is caused by the extra copy of the tied object stored in C<$X>. |
2104 | If you haven't, then the problem boils down to the fact that the |
2105 | B<DB_File> destructor, DESTROY, will not be called until I<all> |
2106 | references to the tied object are destroyed. Both the tied variable, |
2107 | C<%x>, and C<$X> above hold a reference to the object. The call to |
2108 | untie() will destroy the first, but C<$X> still holds a valid |
2109 | reference, so the destructor will not get called and the database file |
2110 | F<tst.fil> will remain open. The fact that Berkeley DB then reports the |
b90e71be |
2111 | attempt to open a database that is already open via the catch-all |
778183f3 |
2112 | "Invalid argument" doesn't help. |
2113 | |
2114 | If you run the script with the C<-w> flag the error message becomes: |
2115 | |
2116 | untie attempted while 1 inner references still exist at bad.file line 12. |
2117 | Cannot tie second time: Invalid argument at bad.file line 14. |
2118 | |
2119 | which pinpoints the real problem. Finally the script can now be |
2120 | modified to fix the original problem by destroying the API object |
2121 | before the untie: |
2122 | |
2123 | ... |
2124 | $x{123} = 456 ; |
2125 | |
2126 | undef $X ; |
2127 | untie %x ; |
2128 | |
2129 | $X = tie %x, 'DB_File', 'tst.fil' , O_RDWR|O_CREAT |
2130 | ... |
2131 | |
f6b705ef |
2132 | |
2133 | =head1 COMMON QUESTIONS |
2134 | |
2135 | =head2 Why is there Perl source in my database? |
2136 | |
2137 | If you look at the contents of a database file created by DB_File, |
2138 | there can sometimes be part of a Perl script included in it. |
2139 | |
2140 | This happens because Berkeley DB uses dynamic memory to allocate |
2141 | buffers which will subsequently be written to the database file. Being |
2142 | dynamic, the memory could have been used for anything before DB |
2143 | malloced it. As Berkeley DB doesn't clear the memory once it has been |
2144 | allocated, the unused portions will contain random junk. In the case |
2145 | where a Perl script gets written to the database, the random junk will |
2146 | correspond to an area of dynamic memory that happened to be used during |
2147 | the compilation of the script. |
2148 | |
2149 | Unless you don't like the possibility of there being part of your Perl |
2150 | scripts embedded in a database file, this is nothing to worry about. |
2151 | |
2152 | =head2 How do I store complex data structures with DB_File? |
2153 | |
2154 | Although B<DB_File> cannot do this directly, there is a module which |
2155 | can layer transparently over B<DB_File> to accomplish this feat. |
2156 | |
2157 | Check out the MLDBM module, available on CPAN in the directory |
2158 | F<modules/by-module/MLDBM>. |
2159 | |
2160 | =head2 What does "Invalid Argument" mean? |
2161 | |
2162 | You will get this error message when one of the parameters in the |
2163 | C<tie> call is wrong. Unfortunately there are quite a few parameters to |
2164 | get wrong, so it can be difficult to figure out which one it is. |
2165 | |
2166 | Here are a couple of possibilities: |
2167 | |
2168 | =over 5 |
2169 | |
2170 | =item 1. |
2171 | |
610ab055 |
2172 | Attempting to reopen a database without closing it. |
f6b705ef |
2173 | |
2174 | =item 2. |
2175 | |
2176 | Using the O_WRONLY flag. |
2177 | |
2178 | =back |
2179 | |
2180 | =head2 What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean? |
2181 | |
2182 | You will encounter this particular error message when you have the |
2183 | C<strict 'subs'> pragma (or the full strict pragma) in your script. |
2184 | Consider this script: |
2185 | |
3245f058 |
2186 | use warnings ; |
f6b705ef |
2187 | use strict ; |
2188 | use DB_File ; |
07200f1b |
2189 | my %x ; |
f6b705ef |
2190 | tie %x, DB_File, "filename" ; |
2191 | |
2192 | Running it produces the error in question: |
2193 | |
2194 | Bareword "DB_File" not allowed while "strict subs" in use |
2195 | |
2196 | To get around the error, place the word C<DB_File> in either single or |
2197 | double quotes, like this: |
2198 | |
2199 | tie %x, "DB_File", "filename" ; |
2200 | |
2201 | Although it might seem like a real pain, it is really worth the effort |
2202 | of having a C<use strict> in all your scripts. |
2203 | |
cad2e5aa |
2204 | =head1 REFERENCES |
2205 | |
2206 | Articles that are either about B<DB_File> or make use of it. |
2207 | |
2208 | =over 5 |
2209 | |
2210 | =item 1. |
2211 | |
2212 | I<Full-Text Searching in Perl>, Tim Kientzle (tkientzle@ddj.com), |
2213 | Dr. Dobb's Journal, Issue 295, January 1999, pp 34-41 |
2214 | |
2215 | =back |
2216 | |
cb1a09d0 |
2217 | =head1 HISTORY |
2218 | |
1f70e1ea |
2219 | Moved to the Changes file. |
610ab055 |
2220 | |
1f70e1ea |
2221 | =head1 BUGS |
05475680 |
2222 | |
1f70e1ea |
2223 | Some older versions of Berkeley DB had problems with fixed length |
2224 | records using the RECNO file format. This problem has been fixed since |
2225 | version 1.85 of Berkeley DB. |
e858de61 |
2226 | |
1f70e1ea |
2227 | I am sure there are bugs in the code. If you do find any, or can |
2228 | suggest any enhancements, I would welcome your comments. |
a6ed719b |
2229 | |
1f70e1ea |
2230 | =head1 AVAILABILITY |
a6ed719b |
2231 | |
1f70e1ea |
2232 | B<DB_File> comes with the standard Perl source distribution. Look in |
2233 | the directory F<ext/DB_File>. Given the amount of time between releases |
2234 | of Perl the version that ships with Perl is quite likely to be out of |
2235 | date, so the most recent version can always be found on CPAN (see |
2236 | L<perlmod/CPAN> for details), in the directory |
2237 | F<modules/by-module/DB_File>. |
a6ed719b |
2238 | |
039d031f |
2239 | This version of B<DB_File> will work with either version 1.x, 2.x or |
2240 | 3.x of Berkeley DB, but is limited to the functionality provided by |
2241 | version 1. |
a6ed719b |
2242 | |
cad2e5aa |
2243 | The official web site for Berkeley DB is F<http://www.sleepycat.com>. |
039d031f |
2244 | All versions of Berkeley DB are available there. |
93af7a87 |
2245 | |
1f70e1ea |
2246 | Alternatively, Berkeley DB version 1 is available at your nearest CPAN |
2247 | archive in F<src/misc/db.1.85.tar.gz>. |
e858de61 |
2248 | |
1f70e1ea |
2249 | If you are running IRIX, then get Berkeley DB version 1 from |
2250 | F<http://reality.sgi.com/ariel>. It has the patches necessary to |
2251 | compile properly on IRIX 5.3. |
610ab055 |
2252 | |
1f70e1ea |
2253 | =head1 COPYRIGHT |
3b35bae3 |
2254 | |
d63909e4 |
2255 | Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. This program |
a9fd575d |
2256 | is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the |
2257 | same terms as Perl itself. |
3b35bae3 |
2258 | |
1f70e1ea |
2259 | Although B<DB_File> is covered by the Perl license, the library it |
2260 | makes use of, namely Berkeley DB, is not. Berkeley DB has its own |
2261 | copyright and its own license. Please take the time to read it. |
3b35bae3 |
2262 | |
a9fd575d |
2263 | Here are are few words taken from the Berkeley DB FAQ (at |
b90e71be |
2264 | F<http://www.sleepycat.com>) regarding the license: |
68dc0745 |
2265 | |
a9fd575d |
2266 | Do I have to license DB to use it in Perl scripts? |
3b35bae3 |
2267 | |
a9fd575d |
2268 | No. The Berkeley DB license requires that software that uses |
2269 | Berkeley DB be freely redistributable. In the case of Perl, that |
2270 | software is Perl, and not your scripts. Any Perl scripts that you |
2271 | write are your property, including scripts that make use of |
2272 | Berkeley DB. Neither the Perl license nor the Berkeley DB license |
2273 | place any restriction on what you may do with them. |
88108326 |
2274 | |
1f70e1ea |
2275 | If you are in any doubt about the license situation, contact either the |
2276 | Berkeley DB authors or the author of DB_File. See L<"AUTHOR"> for details. |
a0b8c8c1 |
2277 | |
2278 | |
3b35bae3 |
2279 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
2280 | |
9fe6733a |
2281 | L<perl(1)>, L<dbopen(3)>, L<hash(3)>, L<recno(3)>, L<btree(3)>, |
2282 | L<dbmfilter> |
3b35bae3 |
2283 | |
3b35bae3 |
2284 | =head1 AUTHOR |
2285 | |
8e07c86e |
2286 | The DB_File interface was written by Paul Marquess |
6ca2e664 |
2287 | E<lt>Paul.Marquess@btinternet.comE<gt>. |
d3ef3b8a |
2288 | Questions about the DB system itself may be addressed to |
2289 | E<lt>db@sleepycat.com<gt>. |
3b35bae3 |
2290 | |
2291 | =cut |