Re: Newbie question on data storing

2001-08-22 Thread randy Peterman
Use DBI. Doing your own parsing of files and data is more of a headache than you need. It may depend on your application, but when it comes to file parsing - you're re-inventing the wheel. There are several good Database's out there that are open source. Plus if all your effort is "in house" y

Newbie question on data storing

2001-08-22 Thread G Harper
Hello all, Please bear with me - I realize the answers I seek probably lie elsewhere but I haven't had a lot of luck. I'm building an interface that allows me to input an order number, order type and comments on the order, which are stored into a file using a hash of arrays. I can's find a