Lacrima wrote:
I want to store some data, using anydbm module.
According to docs the object returned by anydbm.open() supports most
of the same functionality as dictionaries; keys and their
corresponding values can be stored, retrieved, and deleted...
I don't understand how I can make a table in DBM database, or a row in
a table. Or all data must be stored just as key-value pairs?
Yes, all data for the dbm variants is purely string->string
mapping pairs. Similarly, dictionaries don't natively allow you
to store columns in them...they are just key->value data-stores.
Suppose my table consists of two columns: 'first name' and 'last
name'. How can I make such table and write there first and last names
for, say, two any persons?
*dbm provides no columns unless you hack them such as
db[key] = DELIMITER.join([lastname, firstname])
and then unhack them:
lastname, firstname = db[key].split(DELIMITER, 1)
As a variant of this, you might be able to use pickle/shelve to
stash your multi-content object as a string-value.
Alternatively, you could use something like
db["%s_first" % key] = firstname
db["%s_last" % key] = lastname
assuming your keys didn't confound you.
-tkc
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